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FL: Suspect in statewide credit card fraud ring arrested in Hernando

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Dissent

The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man suspected of being part of a group that has engaged in identify theft by creating fraudulent credit cards throughout Florida. Juan Tato Echemendia, 26, of Miami has been accused of being responsible for numerous identity crimes throughout the Tampa Bay area, including Hernando County, according to…

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Beverly Hills spa owner pleads guilty to credit card scam targeting celebrities

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Dissent

In a follow-up to a breach that was previously mentioned on this blog, David K. Li reports: A crooked Beverly Hills stylist will cop a plea bargain tomorrow n a hair-raising, million-dollar, credit-card scam that could land her for a long appointment behind bars. Maria Gabriela Hashemipour, 51, has already signed papers to plead guilty…

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Vermont Attorney General Settles Security Breach Allegations Against Health Net

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Dissent

Attorney General William Sorrell filed a complaint and proposed settlement Friday with Health Net, Inc., and Health Net of the Northeast, Inc., regarding the health insurance company’s loss of an unencrypted portable hard drive containing protected health information. The complaint alleges violations of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), Vermont’s Security Breach Notice Act, and…

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(follow-up) Woman who victimized 50 people pleads guilty to 140 financial fraud charges

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Dissent

Minna Sugimoto reports: A Kailua woman accused of going on shopping sprees after stealing the identities of nearly 50 people pleaded guilty to 140 financial fraud charges Wednesday. With sunglasses hanging from her prison jumpsuit, a former beauty queen took center stage to admit that she led a lavish lifestyle at the expense of nearly…

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Ingenix discovers it may have been exposing health service providers’ SSNs for up to 5 years

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Dissent

This is one of those breaches where I really don’t blame the company, which in this case is Minnesota-based Ingenix. Ingenix provides web-based lookups so that patients can find providers in their area covered by their health plan.  The provider  data Ingenix uses is provided by the health plans or preferred provider plans themselves. Ingenix…

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AT&T iPad hackers’ chats were turned in by secret source

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Dissent

Robert McMillan reports: Rhe government’s case against two men charged with hacking into AT&T’s website to steal e-mail addresses from about 120,000 iPad users got a boost last year when a confidential source handed over 150 pages of chat logs between the two and other members of their hacking group. Excerpts from the logs, published…

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