LPL Financial (formerly known as Linsco/Private Ledger Corp) has had a number of data breaches in the past few years, most of which never get reported in the media. Two more have just come to light. In one newly revealed incident, two desktop computers were stolen from the office of Sullivan and Schlieman Wealth Management,…
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H.D. Buttercup customer credit card info stolen
Furniture mart H.D. Buttercup notified 1,230 customers that their names and credit card numbers and “certain other credit card information” may have been accessed as a result of a security breach. “certain other credit card information?” That doesn’t sound good. The letter and notification to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office does not indicate when the…
Unauthorized access of Experian’s database triggers report
LexisNexis isn’t the only big databaser reporting problems recently. On June 26, credit reporting firm Experian notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that unknown individuals managed to successfully authenticate their identity and access consumers’ reports. Twenty Maryland residents were being notified. The total number of consumers whose reports were accessed was not indicated. Experian is…
Center for American Progress security breached
The Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund were reportedly the victims of a “highly sophisticated computer security breach by an unauthorized outside party” where the motive for the breach may not have been personal information. In a letter to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office dated April 30, CAP’s General…
Computer admin sentenced for hacking LifeGift
The former director of information technology for a non-profit organ and tissue donation center was sentenced today to two years in prison for hacking into her former employer’s computer network. Danielle Duann, 51, of Houston, pleaded guilty on April 30, 2009, to a one-count criminal indictment charging her with unauthorized computer access. Duann was sentenced…
Wachovia teller accused of stealing info
A Hampton woman stands charged in Williamsburg of using her Wachovia bank teller position to access customer information and open fraudulent credit card accounts in their names for a commission. On the severity scale of identity theft — a crime the Federal Trade Commission says victimizes nine million Americans each year — the case involving…