On June 19, Auburn University in Alabama learned that spreadsheets containing donor and alumni information had been accidentally uploaded to a public server. The spreadsheets contained an undisclosed number of donor and alumni’s names, maiden names, postal and email addresses, telephone numbers, and Social Security numbers. The spreadsheets also contained former students’ years of attendance,…
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Yep, let’s just keep discarding sensitive info…
WPMI reports from Alabama on what they found when they went dumpster diving at about a dozen title loan and cash advance businesses in the Mobile, Alabama area: In the dumpster out front of Alabama Title Loans on busy Springhill Avenue, I found dozens of documents, not shredded, and all full of personal information. “Here’s…
MAPCO Express sued over data breach
Another potential class-action lawsuit has been filed in response to the MAPCO Express breach, reported previously on this blog. The suit also names the convenience chain’s parent company, Delek U.S. Holdings Inc., as defendants. Read more on Tuscaloosa News. The complaint by Ian Yeager was filed on June 17, and an amended complaint (uploaded here)…
Woman involved in hospital identity theft sentenced to 10 years
More follow-up on a tax refund fraud scheme that used patient information from Troy Regional Medical Center in Alabama and other non-medical entities. This case was noted previously on this blog. Robbyn Brooks of the Troy Messenger reports: A woman who pled guilty in an identity theft/tax refund scam involving Troy Regional Medical Center records has…
City of Mobile Police Hacked & Data Leaked by Turkish Ajan
Turkish Ajan hacker group has today announced a leak of data from the City of Mobile Police (https://www.mobilepd.org). The City of mobile police is located in the town of Mobile which claims to be the 3rd largest city in the U.S. State of Alabama and is the official police department for the county and surrounding area. >…
Internet Installer Sentenced for Hijacking Customer’s Internet to Perpetrate Identity Theft Tax Scheme
Corey Thompson was sentenced yesterday to serve 30 months in prison for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud conspiracy, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. In July 2012, Thompson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to file false claims and to one count of aggravated identity theft….