Gregg Keizer reports: A social networking site operated by the 2008 Barack Obama campaign is serving up malware to unwary visitors a full week after the tactic was reported, a security researcher said today. My.BarackObama.com, still active after the innauguration last week of President Obama, is being used by hackers trying to dupe users into…
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FL: Fort Pierce women arrested on charges of identity theft
Laurie K. Blandford reports: More than 300 Treasure Coast and South Florida residents were discovered to be victims of identity theft, and the number continues to grow. St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference Monday afternoon to announce the early morning searches of the Fort Pierce residences of Tychell Letrein Robinson, 33, at…
Milford woman sought in long-term ID theft
Terri Sanginiti reports: Authorities are looking for a 27-year-old Milford woman who has been using another woman’s identity since June 2005 to obtain jobs and medical benefits. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Virdiana Hernandez, charging her with 45 counts of of identity theft and forgery, said Milford police spokesman Detective Dwight Young….
WI: Personal data was stored on laptop swiped from Madison city hall
Dean Mosiman reports: Madison officials and employees are complaining that Social Security numbers were stored on a laptop computer stolen from a city office Friday. The laptop was recovered this morning, but it’s unclear if sensitive information was stolen. Any official or employee — except those in the police, fire and transit departments — who…
NZ man finds US army files on MP3 player
A New Zealand man has found confidential United States military files on an MP3 player he bought at an op shop in the US. Chris Ogle, 29, from Whangarei, bought the player from an Oklahoma thrift shop for $NZ18 ($A14.50), and found the files when he hooked it up to his computer, TV One News…
TN: Hacker sentenced for tampering with medical records
A 39-year-old Dyersburg man who hacked into a private computer and tampered with another person’s health records will spend 28 months in prison. A federal jury convicted Bradley Reeves Forsythe, 53 Ducky Lane, on Sept. 5 of intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to cause damage. Forsythe was sentenced Jan. 9 in U.S. District Court…