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“S3” ring members indicted; cybercrime ring victimized hundreds

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dissent

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced indictments of 27 individuals in connection with “S3,” a credit card forgery and identity theft ring based in Brooklyn that compromised hundreds of bank accounts, and fraudulently purchased Apple products from stores around the country to resell for profit. According to documents filed in court and…

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CT: Theft ring using stolen credit card numbers to load up on QVC goodies

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dissent

Daniel Tepfer reports: A ring of teenagers and adults have been using stolen credit card numbers to buy hundreds of thousands of dollars of gold jewelry from a national shopping network, which they then have delivered to vacant homes around the city, police said Wednesday. […] Podpolucha said Espinell told them he contacted the stolen…

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Texas Children’s Hospital informed they may have had security breach

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dissent

On December 29, Texas Children’s Hospital was notified by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office that its Accounts Payable system may have suffered a security breach.  Names and Social Security Numbers of some employees and vendors who received checks between 1999 and 2011 may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party and the information…

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NY document: ID theft ring targets Apple stores

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dissent

Jennifer Peltz of Associated Press reports: Dozens of people have been charged with forming a prolific identity theft ring that used thousands of stolen credit card numbers to shop at Apple stores around the country, according to a court document and a law enforcement official. The group obtained stolen account numbers, forged credit cards and…

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NC: Book Store Security Breach Causing Financial Aid Problems For Some ECU Students

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dissent

Fraudulent charges linked to a breach at the University Book Exchange near East Carolina University continue to show up and the number of irate comments start to pile up. WITN follows up on a breach they reported last week. Almost a month after a security breach was recognized and fixed at a local bookstore near…

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(follow-up) HuskyDirect.com site still down, some victims report fraud

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Dissent

As a follow-up to a previously reported breach  involving a hack of HuskyDirect.com, there are now some reports suggesting that the data may have been misused. Back on January 11, U.Conn  had posted a notice to its web site: The UConn Co-op was informed by its vendor that there has been a data security incident involving…

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