Kathy Thompson reports: A second suspect being sought in a statewide licensing and identity fraud scam turned himself in Friday to the Zanesville Police Department. […] Kevin Miller, director of the Ohio State Board of Cosmetology said the two were charged after a yearlong investigation by the cosmetology board into fraudulent driver’s licenses being used…
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FL: Social Security Numbers Found on Duval County Website
Maria Will knows to be careful on the internet, especially with private information like bank account and Social Security numbers. “Anybody can put an address in and pull up anything,” said Will. But she didn’t realize some of that protected information can be found on a government website. In at least one case, there was…
(update) EVG Quality Gas breach, Sierra Madre
A small update to the story by Adolfo Flores of the Pasadena Star News: The Secret Service has been called in. As significantly, the police are still looking for the owner of the gas station who closed the business and left town during Christmas week – right before all of the fraud reports starting coming…
Heraeus breach: missing tapes may be buried in landfill
Through its lawyers, Heraeus Incorporated notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on December 29 of a security breach. According to the letter, the company noticed on November 18 that a steel cabinet that contained a safe with backup tapes was missing. The company believes (but cannot be sure) that the cabinet was discarded as…
Seabury & Smith service reports security breach
Marsh U.S. Consumer, a Seabury & Smith service, recently reported a security breach to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. The benefits plan provider reported that due to a programming error and transmission of incorrect URLs, a dedicated server for its client, ITT Corporation, was exposing some ITT employees’ benefits plan personal information to other employees…
Malware snags Pentagon Federal CU member’s SSN and data
Through its lawyers, Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security breach. According to a letter sent to the state on December 30, on December 12, PenFed discovered that a laptop had been infected with malware. The compromise allowed access to a database containing names, addresses, Social…