Dave Levinthal reports: A pro-Donald Trump super PAC needs to make its accounting practices great again — if they ever were in the first place. Great America PAC on Thursday night erroneously published the credit card numbers and expiration dates belonging to 49 donors, a Center for Public Integrity review of its latest Federal Election Commission campaign finance disclosure…
Category: U.S.
Yevgeniy Nikulin indicted for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring
From the U.S.A.O. press release: OAKLAND – A federal grand jury in Oakland indicted Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin yesterday for obtaining information from computers, causing damage to computers, trafficking in access devices, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett….
NJ: Couple used IDs of prison inmates to file $317K in false insurance claims, authorities say
Toniann Antonelli reports: A Delaware couple has been indicted on charges that they used the names of prison inmates to fraudulently collect more than $317,000 in New Jersey unemployment and temporary disability benefits. Jose Crespo, 50, and his wife, Marilyn Crespo, 48, both of New Castle, Delaware, were indicted Wednesday on second degree charges of…
Boxes of patient information missing from Florida Hospital in Orlando
WFTV reports: Boxes of patient information from Florida Hospital are missing, hospital officials said Friday. A hospital representative said some boxes were misplaced while moving boxes of patient files from one storage unit to another. In a release, the hospital said, “While transferring boxes from our storage vendor, Access, to another one of our storage…
MA: Information of 13,000 Baystate patients possibly compromised due to “phishing”
Anthony Fay reports: About 13,000 patients of Baystate Health may have had some of their personal information compromised, due to a “phishing” e-mail that was received by some staff members. According to a Baystate Health news release sent to 22News, the information may have included names and dates of birth, in addition to medical information, such…
NY: Hackers breach City of Middletown computer system
Michael Randall reports: MIDDLETOWN – The city said Friday that computer hackers gained access to personal information of people who had contact with the Middletown Police Department. While an investigation has found no evidence of fraudulent misuse of personal information, the city is notifying those potentially affected by the breach and offering them free credit-monitoring…