Wayne Heilman reports: A debit card breach affecting thousands of Colorado Springs area cardholders resulted from outside hackers gaining access to Cheers Liquor Mart’s computer system sometime last month, owners of the Springs-based retailer said Friday. Cheers hired Cyopsis LLC, a Denver-based information technology forensics and investigations firm, to determine the source of the breach…
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CA: Pizza Delivery Man Arrested in ID Fraud Scam
KTLA reports: A Fountain Valley pizza delivery man is accused of stealing credit card information from his customers to buy products on-line which he would then sell on Ebay, according to Costa Mesa police. 23 year old Jason Le Tran has been charged with grand theft and identity theft. […] Detectives say Tran, a Domino’s…
FL: Sensitive Documents Found In Flagler Dumpster
Saul Saenz reports: Documents belonging to Flagler County were found in a trash dumpster behind the county government building. […] “Someone had inappropriately gotten rid of some material that they shouldn’t have,” said Carl Laundrie, a county spokesman. Laundrie said much of the material was not confidential and could’ve been obtained from the clerk’s office…
CSULA Students Exposed in Security Breach
KTLA reports: The names and social security numbers of 82 students at Cal State Los Angeles were mistakenly posted on the web, according to university officials. The students involved took computer courses, either CIS 454 or 528 in spring 2002 and CIS 283 or 585 in spring 2003, officials said. The information was mistakenly posted…
Retail sales associates sentenced for role in credit card, bank fraud
Four men from Atlanta Georgia were sentenced this week by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on charges of bank fraud, credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. “In this case two sales associates who worked for retail establishments assisted others in committing credit card fraud,” said Acting United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates….
Computer Hacker Fugitive Extradited for Cybercrimes Relating to VOIP Telephone Services
A Venezuelan citizen arrested in Mexico last February on hacking and wire fraud charges has been extradited and is expected to appear in court today in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, announced. Edwin Pena, 26, is scheduled to appear today at 2 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Claire C. Cecchi for an initial…