From KGW in Oregon: A Portland psychologist who has seen thousands of patients over the years put out a warning Tuesday night after his laptop computer was stolen. The computer contained social security numbers, names and diagnosis information. It was stolen from Dr. David Gostnell’s car last month. Some of his former patients were already…
Category: U.S.
More breaches reported to Maryland that we didn’t know about
In response to a Freedom of Information request, Maryland Attorney General’s Office sent me the 14 breach reports they received in March of this year. Of the 14, six were never previously reported on this site and four others gave us breach reports for incidents that we were aware of but had few details for:…
CO: Waitress charged with felony possession of skimmer
Making possession of tools a felony opens up new prosecutorial possibilities: A Greeley waitress from China, arrested last week for allegedly “skimming” customers’ credit cards, has been charged with a felony — possession of identity theft tools. Yu Lin, 22, was arrested last week and released on $5,000 bond. She was arrested after the owners…
Pediatric cancer patients’ identities used as part of tax fraud operation
Joe Ryan reports that 29 year-old Steven Nelson of the Bronx pleaded not guilty in a Newark court today and remains free on bail. Nelson had been indicted by a federal grand jury in July on a tax refund scheme that not only involved ID theft, but used the identities of pediatric cancer patients to…
‘Kryogeniks’ hacker sentenced for Comcast hacking
No PII involved in this one, but since many may remember the case, I thought I’d post the follow-up. James Robert Black, Jr., a.k.a. “Defiant,” was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to four months in prison, four months of electronic home monitoring, 150 hours of community service, three years of supervised release…
Four sentenced in NJ for their role in $30 million international bank fraud and ID theft ring
Four of 17 defendants, all of whom were convicted of conspiring to engage in an international telemarketing and identity theft scheme to defraud financial institutions and tens of thousands of account holders out of millions of dollars through the unauthorized debit of customer bank accounts (the “Telemarketing and Identity Theft Conspiracy”), were sentenced by United…