The following is cross-posted from PogoWasRight.org: Earlier this week, PogoWasRight.org was contacted by an individual who reported that after attending BlackHat 2009, he recently started receiving spam at a unique e-mail address he had created specifically for Breach Security. After receiving spam, he contacted them to change the e-mail address to another unique e-mail address,…
Category: U.S.
Bronx man found guilty in million-dollar ID theft and tax fraud
Felix Nkansah, 28, was found guilty of participating in an identity theft ring and defrauding the United States Treasury. His conviction followed a one-week trial in Manhattan federal court. According to the Superseding Indictment and evidence presented at trial: Beginning in 2007, Nkansah participated in an identity theft ring whose purpose was to file, via…
PA: Greensburg medical facility laptops stolen
Bob Stiles reports: Two laptop computers containing patient information were stolen from two Greensburg medical complexes over the weekend, city police said Tuesday. One theft occurred at Dr. Barry Bupp’s dental practice in Medical Commons One on South Street, the other in Dr. Elie Abdallah’s office in the Medical Arts Building on Shearer Street, police…
WV: Student info leaked through routine update
Around 53 West Virginia University students’ personal information was available to others following an “operational error” during a routine update of tax information Jan. 15. The students’ 1098-T forms, which include their Social Security number and tax identification numbers, among others, were uploaded to the University’s 1098-T Web site. The forms are distributed to WVU…
CA: Credit card scammer pleads guilty
Ronald Leon Marshall, 53, of Los Angeles, has pleaded guilty in federal court to four counts of using unauthorized credit cards to defraud Central Valley merchants and credit card companies, says U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner. Mr. Marshall admitted that for six weeks in 2008 he used stolen and otherwise unauthorized credit card numbers to buy…
Humboldt State University employee info possibly compromised after computer virus
Chris Durant reports: A Humboldt State University computer infected with a virus may have exposed the personal information of 3,500 people employed by the school between 2002 and 2006. HSU spokesman Paul Mann said no employees or former employees have yet reported having their information — like Social Security numbers — being used or stolen….