In the justice system: Richard J. Berger has been sentenced to for 13 months and ordered to repay about $130,000 after admitting that he illegally accessed insurance company computers at The Hartford and Sunlife Financial in a scheme to steal annuity clients. More. Julia Caldwell and Jacqueline Colbert, both Taco Bell of Laurel employees, have…
Category: U.S.
Stolen safe with Breakout Apparel customer checks recovered
I haven’t seen this in any media source, but the Wisconsin Office of Privacy Protection updated its site to report an incident involving Breakout Apparel Co. According to the site, a burglary occurred at the business and a safe with checks from customers along with cash was stolen. A total of 222 customers who paid…
Computer hackers victimize Portsmouth coffee shop customers
Gina Morris of Providence Journal reports: One day last August, the Secret Service paid a visit to the new owners of Custom House Coffee off West Main Road. The news they brought was bad: Computer hackers, whereabouts unknown, had used sophisticated spy software to break into the store’s wireless network and steal the credit and…
AL: Major Credit Card Security Breach, Thousands Affected
A major credit card security breach is affecting thousands of people tonight. We have confirmed several credit card companies are canceling accounts and issuing new credit and check cards. […] NBC 15 News contacted Visa to try to find out where the security breach happened.. A Visa representative told us: For security, the bank does…
OR: OHSU Alerts Patients After Laptop Stolen
Oregon Health & Science University is contacting 1,000 patients after a physician’s laptop was stolen from a car parked at the doctor’s Washington County home. Patient names, treatment dates, short medical treatment summaries and medical record numbers were stored on the computer, said OHSU spokesman Jim Newman in a news release. The computer was password-protected…
IA: Potential Information Breach at Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Community College has issued an alert to around 16-hundred people because of a potential data breach. Officials say earlier this month, someone took a storage device from a counselor’s office in Iowa City. That device contained names and social security numbers for participants in the PROMISE JOBS program. Read more on KCRG News. Update:…