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e-Banking Bandits Stole $465,000 From Calif. Escrow Firm

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

Brian Krebs writes: A California escrow firm has been forced to take out a pricey loan to pay back $465,000 that was stolen when hackers hijacked the company’s online bank account earlier this year. In March, computer criminals broke into the network of Redondo Beach based Village View Escrow Inc. and sent 26 consecutive wire…

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Canadian teen charged with hacking U.S. server

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports that a London, Ontario teen has been charged with hacking into a server in Colorado. Canadian police reportedly acted on a complaint from the sheriff’s department in Castle Rock, Colo. Police say the complaint involved unauthorized access and damage to a private server that contained sensitive data, including tax records.

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WellPoint Security Breach Put At Risk Information For 470,000 Nationwide

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

The latest revelations on the Anthem/Wellpoint breach raise some questions for this blogger. Matthew Sturdevant reports that the recently disclosed Anthem breach may affect many more than the 230,000 recently reported: An online security breach put at risk the personal, financial and medical information of 470,000 WellPoint customers nationwide, including 5,600 in Connecticut, customers are…

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WA: Leader of ID Theft Ring Sentenced to 6 Years

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Dissent

Jeania Andrea Dyson, 36, was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison and five years of supervised release for Bank Fraud, Social Security Number Misuse, and Aggravated Identity theft. Dyson was the leader of an identity theft ring that would use stolen identities to open “instant credit” accounts…

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Former Bank of America teller sentenced for fraud

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Dissent

A former Bank of America teller was sentenced this week in federal court for bank fraud and identity fraud. Jeffrey C. Gautreaux, 26, of Peabody, Massachusetts was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 41 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, with an order to pay $…

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New York Life Insurance data thief sentenced

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Dissent

Stephanie Fahlgren, 33, of Sacramento, was sentenced this week to two and a half years in federal prison for access device fraud. She had pleaded guilty on January 28, 2010 after having been arrested in July 2009. According to court documents, from June 2008 through November 2008, Fahlgren used her computer to obtain personal and…

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