Four Miami-Dade residents have been indicted for their participation in various schemes to defraud the United States government. Fernando Mendez Villamil, 48, of South Miami, Maritza Exposito, 57, of Miami, Arnaldo Oscar Jimenez, 57, of Hialeah, and Yomara Vila, 45, of Miami were charged in a twenty-one count indictment for their participation in a scheme…
FL: Orlando Woman Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
There’s an update to a case previously mentioned on this site. Shantrell Sharae Stephenson has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for stolen identity refund fraud. She was also ordered to pay $92,532 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. She pleaded guilty on August 26, 2015. According to court documents, Lori Ann Dilworth,…
NJ: Kean University Hacked Three Times in One Day, Algerian Group Claims Responsibility
It seems that in the week before Christmas, Kean University’s site was attacked and defaced on three occasions. Kathy Lloyd and Charles Kim reported: The Kean University website was hacked three times Sunday and into early Monday morning by what the college and its police department believe to be an Algerian group calling itself “Red Hell.”…
Anonymous claims it brought down 200 Thai websites over British murders verdict
Amy Sawitta Lefevre reports: International hacking movement Anonymous said it attacked hundreds of Thai government websites over death sentences handed down to two migrant workers for the murder of two British tourists. […] Some rights workers say they believe police forced the two into confessing under duress. Police denied that. In a message posted on…
JP: Personal data of 112,000 may have leaked from Hokkaido University
Kyodo News reports: Hokkaido University said Wednesday that personal data of more than 110,000 students and graduates may have been leaked due to unauthorized access of its computer systems by unknown parties. The university believes a server at its career placement service center is likely to have been unlawfully accessed. The server contains personal data,…
NY: St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital notifies patients after thumb drive with limited PHI is stolen
In reading the following statement from the hospital, keep in mind that the hospital’s home page says the incident involves the “possible disclosure” of “a limited number” of patients’ personal information. Their report to HHS of December 30th indicates that 29,156 patients were impacted. That’s some “limited number.” On October 31, 2015, an individual entered a restricted area of St….