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Credit card cloning on the rise

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Dissent

Special Agent Jerry Tirocchi of NCIS reports: Over the last few months, SUBASE command members have reported unauthorized credit card purchases on their personal credit card accounts occurring at retail stores and service stations throughout the country. None of the naval members were physically present in these states and all were in possession of their…

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FTC Says Mortgage Broker Broke Data Security Laws: Dumpster Wrong Place for Consumers’ Personal Information

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Dissent

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a mortgage broker with discarding consumers’ tax returns, credit reports, and other sensitive personal and financial information in an unsecured dumpster, in violation of federal law. According to the FTC, in December 2006, approximately 40 boxes containing consumer records were found in a publicly-accessible dumpster. The records included tax…

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Two credit unions report debit card misuse linked to Heartland breach

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Dissent

Yesterday, we reported that Piedmont Credit Union in North Carolina had reported that 15 of its members were reporting fraudulent use of their Visa-issued debit cards, mostly at gas stations in Florida. We also reported that Oregon Territory Federal Credit Union members were reporting misuse of their debit cards. At the time of the initial…

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Maine banks checking for impact from data theft (Heartland Payment Systems follow-up)

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Dissent

Tux Turkel reports: Maine banks and credit unions were scrambling this morning to assess the scope of a nationwide data breach involving credit and debit cards. […] It was not immediately clear whether Maine customers had been victims of fraud related to the Heartland breach, but some banks were making plans to reissue cards, just…

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PCI’s Shield Suffers Another Blow As Heartland Reports a Hack

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Dissent

More on the Heartland Payment Systems breach reported earlier today…. from Digital Transactions: […] Princeton, N.J.-based Heartland is one of the nation’s largest acquirers, processing for about 250,000 merchant locations. It has a number of business units, including its so-called Network Services segment serving mostly petroleum retailers that Heartland bought last year from Alliance Data…

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Payroll manager gets 5 years, told to repay $500,000

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Dissent

Andrew Galvin reports: A former payroll manager at Advanced Medical Optics was sentenced to five years in state prison today after he pleaded guilty last month to charges that he stole more than $487,000 from his employer, prosecutors said. Robert Lee Winn, 43, of Norco, used the Santa Ana company’s payroll computer system to make…

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