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Two New York men charged in ID theft fraud, stole hotel guests’ information

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dissent

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., announced the indictment of Lukasz Kruk, 27, and Barry Herndon, 47, for collaborating on a long-term scheme in which they stole and possessed information from 237 credit cards, many of which were used to order more than $840,000 in airline tickets, and other goods and services. According to…

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Jefferson County judge issues injunction barring GoDaddy from hosting hacked law enforcement data

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dissent

Jefferson County, Alabama Sheriff Mike Hale was apparently successful in obtaining an injunction against GoDaddy. As previously reported, GoDaddy has hosted and registered sites that were involved in dumping the personal data of Jefferson County law enforcement employees and their families after hackers went after a number of law enforcement-related web sites. I had thought…

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Washington South Supervisory Union advises members of serious breach in financial computer system

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dissent

Washington South Supervisory Union in Northfield, Vermont reports what they describe as a “serious security breach on its financial computer system” that may have compromised members’ personal financial information. By letter dated October 28 to those affected, the Supervisory Union indicated that until matters were resolved, payroll checks would be issued using paper paychecks. The…

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Maryland man used identities obtained by Top of the Line Marketing employee in fraud scheme

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dissent

From the StarDemocrat: A Gaithersburg man will serve at least two years in prison for an identity theft scheme that included Eastern Shore residents, the U.S. Attorney for District of Maryland announced last week. Jain Vivek, 26, pleaded guilty last week to one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and one count of…

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Maloney Properties reports laptop theft containing residents’ Social Security Numbers

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dissent

Maloney  Properties  has seemingly joined the “stolen laptop” ranks. By letter dated October 28 to those affected, the Massachusetts-based firm reported that a laptop stolen on October 15 contained some limited resident housing data including unencrypted Social Security numbers. The firm explained that it was necessary to store SSN because of federal and state housing…

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E-mail failure-to-bcc error exposes U. Alabama students’ failing grades to each other

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dissent

Taylor Holland reports: Students who had at least one failing midterm grade during the Fall 2011 semester received an email on Oct. 26 from the office of Lowell Davis, the assistant dean of students, notifying them of their grade and potential ways to improve it. Students who received the email were not blind copied in…

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