Genica/Geeks.com was in the news last month when they settled charges with the FTC concerning their database security. Less than two weeks later, they were notifying at least one state attorney general that they had identified yet more victims of the breach that occurred in 2007. By letter dated February 16, 2009 to Maryland, Genica’s…
Category: U.S.
CA: Octuplets hospital workers fired
Fifteen hospital workers have been fired for improperly accessing the medical records of octuplets mother Nadya Suleman, officials have said. Eight other staff at the [Kaiser Permanente Bellflower] hospital near Los Angeles were disciplined for looking at the records without permission, the hospital said. Read more on BBC See also L.A. Times
Romanian phisher gets 50 month prison term
Dan Goodin of The Register reports: A Romanian man has been sentenced to serve more than four years in US prison for taking part in a sophisticated phishing scam that cost financial institutions at least $150,000. Ovidiu-Ionut Nicola-Roman, 23, of Craiova, Romania, received 50 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release….
On the menu: stealing your details
Freeman Klopott reports: Wait staff at several Washington-area high-end restaurants stole credit card numbers from customers and ran up a $750,000 tab at stores like Gucci and Barney’s of New York, federal authorities said in court documents. […] The customers victimized at the District’s M&S Grill, 701 Restaurant, Clyde’s of Gallery Place and Bowie’s Carrabba’s…
NY: Box delivered to Sun office leads to investigation
Grant Parpan of the North Shore Sun reports: A cardboard box filled with records from a Holbrook social worker’s office — including Social Security and bank account numbers, addresses and phone numbers of clients — was delivered to The North Shore Sun last week by a town worker who said he found it lying on…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: A skimmer that was attached to the Bank of America ATM in Bethlehem, PA, compromised 286 accounts. More. An estimated $1 million was skimmed this week from the accounts of people who used some ATMs in Melbourne. The ANZ Bank has canceled about 2000 cards. Five Romanian men have been charged…