An ongoing cyber-security sweep at Penn State found the Social Security numbers of another 25,000 individuals may have been exposed due to infected computers. The university said there is no evidence the data had been accessed after the computers were hit by malicious software, though individuals affected by the breach have been notified as required…
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TN: Sensitive Medical Paperwork Dumped In Church Lot
Nicole Ferguson reports: Thousands of patient records, surgery information, Social Security numbers and bank information were found dumped behind a Nashville Church. The discovery was made Monday morning at the Nashville Center Point Church of the Nazarene off 54th Avenue. […] The documents came from the now defunct and bankrupt Nursing Visioned Medical Services group,…
BofA Call Center Worker Pleads Guilty to Data Theft
Robert McMillan reports: A Bank of America call center employee has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole sensitive client information and then tried to sell it for cash. Brian Matty Hagen pleaded guilty last week to one count of bank fraud. According to court filings he allegedly recorded customer account information when BofA customers…
CT man pleads guilty in large ID theft and fraud scheme
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Luis Melendez, also known as “Ramiro Morales-Cruz,” 33, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft stemming from a…
NHTSA’s Complaint Database Leaks Private Information Like A Sieve
Edward Niedermeyer reports: Our Canadian pal carquestions took a look through NHTSA’s public complaint database, and found four examples of personal information that NHTSA should have redacted but didn’t. You know, things like names, birth dates, social security numbers, addresses, VINs, and drivers license numbers. And he found those four after searching through “12 or…
IN: Local restaurant targeted by online hackers
Kimberly King reports: A local restaurant reports a security breach affecting its customers. Hackers tapped into the credit card machines at Marco’s, stealing credit and debit card numbers from several customers, wiping out their bank accounts. Like any weeknight at Marco’s Restaurant, owner Mark Poulos was busy with loyal customers who’ve been coming there for…