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TX: HPD investigating massive credit card scam

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Dissent

Matthew Jackson reports: Huntsville Police began a massive investigation into an international fraud ring on Friday after arresting a Houston woman with more than 100 credit card numbers in her possession Thursday afternoon. [..] In the vehicle, officers found more evidence of fraud. “In her vehicle we found several typed pages of credit card numbers…

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FL: Feds to take over probe of credit-, debit-card fraud

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Dissent

Federal authorities plan to take over an investigation into how credit- and debit-card numbers are being stolen and used to make purchases. There have been 50 to 60 victims locally, and they all have been patrons at Vallarta, a Mexican restaurant on Sorrento Road, Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Ted Roy said. Roy said the victims’…

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NY: Hackers steal 450 Social Security numbers from U. of Rochester

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Dissent

Meaghan M. McDermott reports: Personal information including Social Security numbers of about 450 current and former University of Rochester students was stolen by hackers this week from a UR database. According to the university, the information was taken from a non-academic student database and copied illegally to an off-campus IP address. The breach was discovered…

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MD: Medical worker sentenced to prison in identity theft scheme

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Dissent

U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Christel Ebony Norwood, age 32, of Ft. Washington, Maryland today to 30 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. Judge Chasanow also ordered Norwood to pay…

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UT: Local credit card numbers stolen

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Dissent

Matthew K. Jensen reports on a case where arrests have been made but there is still no explanation of how the thieves obtained the credit card data: Two men are in custody and under investigation by the FBI in an identity theft scheme that victimized 2,500 Cache County residents, Smithfield police officials said Wednesday. In…

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Comments on Senator Feinstein’s bill, S. 139

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Dissent

Earlier this week, Senator Feinstein grabbed the privacy headlines when she reintroduced the same breach notification bill that she has introduced in every session of Congress for the past few years. Like me, the bill has not improved with age. S.139 is intended to provide a national “floor” on data breach notifications for breaches involving…

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