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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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Aaron’s operations computer stolen during burglary, contained customers’ Social Security numbers

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dissent

It never rains but it pours? I had never heard of Aaron’s until  earlier this year when they were sued for allegedly installing spyware on rent-to-own computers. But now I see their name again – this time, on a breach notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. According to the firm’s letter of October…

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2,500 Avia Dental Plan members notified of security breach

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dissent

From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: Avia Dental Plan was notified by the U.S. Secret Service that it was investigating the theft of password information that permitted access to Avia Dental Plan members’ personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and credit card information.  In some cases, members’ dependents’…

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(Update, TX) Tyler Chicken Express Employee Sentenced for Skimming Cards

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dissent

The Tyler Chicken Express employee who skimmed customers’ card numbers for others to use in an ID theft ring has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role. KYTX reports: Elizabeth Pickrell, 25, has also been ordered to pay restitution totally more than $95,000 to her victims. […] In Tyler alone, more than…

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