Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: A hacker has obtained a database that includes the full name, email address, corporate ID numbers, and phone number of hundreds of Verizon employees. …. The hacker contacted Motherboard last week to share the information. The anonymous hacker said they obtained the data by convincing a Verizon employee to give them remote…
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Criminals using deed fraud, identity theft to steal homes
Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich, Gilbert Zermeño and Gray News staff report: Debi Gotlieb knew something was wrong when she could not find her late father’s home on the county assessor’s webpage. The property was tied up in probate and should have been listed as owned by her father, Jerry Gotlieb, who died in March of…
I.T. Specialist Charged in Cyber Intrusion of Suburban Chicago Health Care Company
CHICAGO — An information technology specialist has been indicted on a federal criminal charge for allegedly hacking into the server of a suburban Chicago health care company where he formerly worked as a contractor. AARON LOCKNER illegally accessed the server of the health care company, which operated a clinic in Oak Lawn, Ill., on April…
Hackers Know Where You’ve Been Driving: General Motors Discloses Data Breach
Lucas Ropek reports: General Motors suffered a hack that exposed a significant amount of sensitive personal information on car owners—names, addresses, phone numbers, locations, car mileage, and maintenance history. The Detroit-based automaker revealed details of the incident in a breach disclosure filed with the California Attorney General’s Office on May 16. Read more at Gizmodo.
Bayonne Police Sergeant Charged With Unauthorized Use of Law Enforcement Database
Statement by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office: Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information: On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, a Bayonne Police Sergeant was arrested on a computer crime charge involving the unauthorized use of a law enforcement database. Richard Killmer, 33, is charged with one count of Computer Theft in violation…
FTC Blog: “The FTC Act Creates a De Facto Breach Disclosure Requirement”
Joseph Lazarrotti of JacksonLewis writes: On May 20, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission’s Team CTO and the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection published a blog post entitled, “Security Beyond Prevention: The Importance of Effective Breach Disclosures.” In the post, the FTC takes the position that in some cases there may be a de facto data breach…