A former vice president and senior loan officer of Lone Star National Bank has been convicted of bank fraud. Emma Vigil, 48, of McAllen, pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud. At the hearing, Vigil admitted to using her position at Lone Star to conduct hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent and unauthorized…
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Laptop stolen from The Beijing Center contained applicants’ SSN
A laptop stolen from a locked facility at The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies on October 15th reportedly contained the names and Social Security Numbers of students who had applied to study abroad in China between 1994 and 2006. The laptop belonged to a recruiter for the center. According to a notification sent to the…
Personal information stolen from Detroit’s health department
Christine MacDonald reports on two breaches in the Detroit area: Police are investigating two incidents in which patients’ medical records — including social security numbers — were stolen from the city’s health department. The first theft occurred in late October when a flash drive was stolen from a health department employee’s car. It contained files…
(update) Texas company lays out ‘hacking’ case against Minnesota Public Radio
David Brauer has more on Lookout Services’s allegations against a Minnesota Public Radio reporter, following a breach reported here previously. […] In a Dec. 11 report, [MPR reporter] Aslanian said she was able to see “employee names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and hire dates” on Lookout’s web site “without using a password or encryption…
NY: ID theft gang steals $200,000 in casino cash advances
Dan Herbeck reports: Seven members of an alleged identity theft gang were arraigned in federal court today. The defendants are accused of using information stolen from victims’ credit and bank cards, and then using that information to make their own fake credit cards. They then used the bogus credit cards to withdraw $198,700 from the…
Will embattled state contractor try to get Minnesota Public Radio reporter thrown in jail?
David Brauer blogs: With a hat tip to MPR’s own Bob Collins, a state contractor on the sharp end of public radio reporting seems to be threatening charges against the journalists who exposed security breaches in a job-seeker database. MPR reporter Sasha Aslanian busted Texas-based Lookout Services Dec. 11 for leaving 500 names, dates of birth…