Kim Zetter has a nice human-interest piece over on Threat Level about those involved in the TJX hack: Accused TJX hacker kingpin Albert Gonzalez called his credit card theft ring “Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin.” He spent $75,000 on a birthday party for himself and once complained that he had to manually count $340,000…
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Breach exposes debit card accounts at Suncoast Federal Credit Union to fraud
This story was first reported earlier this week, but I waited until there was confirmation that it was linked to the Heartland Payment Systems breach. This newest story provides more detail but still leaves some questions unanswered. Nicole Norfleet of the St. Petersburg Times reports: About 56,000 members of Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union have…
EPIC Urges Comprehensive Strategy for ID Theft
From EPIC.org: With ID theft rapidly increasing in the United States, EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg urged a Congressional Committee to address the root causes of the problem. In a testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Mr. Rotenberg said that the government typically acts only after the crime has occurred and warned that the problem…
JFY Networks reports security breach
A Boston-based non-profit organization that provides job training, JFYNetWorks, has notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office last week of a recent incident: We recently learned of the possible unauthorized access as part of what appears to have been part of a larger attack on our organization, which occurred on June 3, 2009. The…
Charles Schwab notified clients of hard drive theft
Investment firm Charles Schwab has notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that in early May, “a computer hard drive containing client personal information, including Social Security number, name or account number was stolen. The computer hard drive had been taken off of Company premises, in violation of company policy, and was subsequently stolen….
(Update) ND: Stolen laptop contained donors’ financial data
The Post and Courier provides some more information about a University of North Dakota breach that was originally reported in October 2008. John McDermott and the AP report: A computer that was swiped from a car in Charleston last year contained personal financial information on 84,000 University of North Dakota donors, it was disclosed this…