The private e-mail addresses of several hundred customers of Waltham, MA-based Pixily were accidentally shared with other customers Saturday in the aftermath of an Internet routing snafu that left many users unable to reach the document-scanning service for several hours. The breach, in which names intended for the “bcc” line of a customer service e-mail…
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Fourth State Dept. snooper pleads guilty
William A. Celey became the latest State Department employee to plead guilty to illegally accessing passport files. Celey had been charged with unauthorized computer access and will be sentenced in October. As reported on Examiner.com: In pleading guilty, Celey admitted that between June 22, 2004, and July 15, 2004, he logged onto the PIERS database…
CVS, Walgreens settle with Indiana AG
Settlements have been reached between the Indiana Attorney General’s office and two pharmacy chains – CVS and Walgreens – to resolve data-breach complaints that customers’ medical information was improperly discarded in trash bins outside pharmacy stores. The agreement comes as the Attorney General begins a new concerted effort geared to address the growing problem of…
Medical records found in Salt Lake dumpster
KUTV reports that about 20 boxes of medical records were found in a dumpster. The files contained names, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, canceled checks, routing numbers, and medical information. KUTV reports: At least some of the records appeared to come from Mountain Medical Center, a chiropractic office that had been in the Murray…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: As a follow-up to a case previously covered on this site, Atin and Iris Singh have been sentenced to two years in state prison for using a skimmer and stealing customer data from Roti’s Bistro and using it for fraudulent purposes. There were reportedly about 60 victims. More. Jason Lennon Bell,…
Former AmEx employee stole account numbers
Two Phoenix men are accused of stealing thousands of American Express card numbers and swindling more than a million dollars from customers. Timothy Curley, of Phoenix, is at the center of the Secret Service investigation. […] Police discovered during their investigation that Curley had not only worked as a computer database analyst for American Express,…