WATE reports: Anderson County government officials and the sheriff’s office are investigating a possible computer security breach. County Law Director Jay Yeager sent a memo to all elected officials, school system employees, school board members, veterans service members and county contractors that there had been a “potential system-wide breach” of the main courthouse server. Yeager…
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Texas Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme Involving IRS “Get Transcript” Database
And here’s a follow-up to another case involving stolen identity tax refund fraud: A Houston, Texas, man was sentenced to more than two years in prison Monday for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division…
Former IRS employee sentenced to federal prison for ID theft, fraud
There’s another follow-up to the case of a former IRS employee involved in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Nakeisha Hall was originally charged in December, 2015 for her role in the scheme, and pleaded guilty in February, 2016. Hall was sentenced today. As AL.com reports: A former IRS employee, who helped taxpayers experiencing problems…
AOA advises doctors and students to take action to protect their credit
Although the American Optometric Association (AOA) states that they have not had any data security breach, it appears that doctors and students are becoming victims of fraudulent activity, and AOA wants them to take action to protect themselves: AOA is aware of reports that suggest cyberattackers have opened or attempted to open Chase Amazon.com credit accounts…
KY: HR Employee Investigated In Identity Theft Allegations
Lex18 reports: A Mount Sterling company is under investigation amid allegations of identity theft by an employee in the company’s human resources department. The Montgomery County Sheriff Department and the management of Cooper Standard are investigating allegations of identity theft by human resources employee. Read more on Lex18.
More details emerge on Jefferson Medical Associates incidents
So there’s a bit more to the incidents recently disclosed by Jefferson Medical Associates that I had reported here. Now WDAM reports that it was Chris Vickery who had discovered a misconfigured database and had alerted JMA. For their part, JMA is pretty much accusing Vickery of hacking them. Here we go again…. From WDAM’s…