Katrina Heser reports: The State of Montana Technology Department told Yellowstone County today their website has been hacked. It’s possible that taxpayers who paid property taxes by electronic bank transfer may have had their account number exposed to the hacker. This does not include taxpayers who made payments by paper check or debit/credit cards. The…
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OR: Ankeny police: Review debit-card statements for fraud
And yet more reports of fraud coming from Iowa: The Ankeny Police Department is asking area residents to review their bank statements for fraudulent charges related to use of debit cards and PIN numbers. Ankeny police said in a news release Wednesday that although they cannot determine the exact date or time debit card and…
Class Slams Michaels for Data Breach
Chris Fry reports on yet another potential class action lawsuit against Michael’s Store – and it includes a timeliness of notification claim: Michaels Stores took almost 3 months to warn customers that their debit cards’ PIN numbers may have been stolen by skimming devices in at least 20 states, a class action claims in Passaic…
(follow-up) UniCare Life & Health Insurance Class Action Settlement
How did I not know about this lawsuit – or did I just forget? In any event, Kimberly Mirando posts the news on Top Class Actions: UniCare Life and Health Insurance Company and Wellpoint, Inc. have reached a class action lawsuit settlement over allowing members’ private information to be leaked online. As a result, UniCare members…
AZ: Personal Banking Info Stolen from PHX TSA Employees
Police are looking into the theft of personal financial information at Sky Harbor, and all it took for the information to be stolen was a swipe of their credit or debit cards. So far FOX 10 has confirmed TSA security screeners have been the targets. Their bank accounts were broken into and drained. …
OR: Bend ID Theft Update: Victim Total Nears 200
Alicia Inns reports: Lindsay Holloway of Bend is now one of hundreds who noticed something odd on her bank statement this week. “I just went online to check our account and I saw something I didn’t recognize,” Holloway said Wednesday. “So I called my husband right away to make sure it wasn’t him, and he…