Sarah Stultz reports: Allegations of a data breach within the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office were not substantiated, according to the county’s administrator on Wednesday. Administrator John Kluever and information technology staff investigated the possibility that someone was inappropriately viewing open investigation files and disseminating parts of those files in the public. The allegation came in…
Large-scale security breach at banks in USVI and BVI
The Virgin Islands Consortium reports: FirstBank VI is in the middle of a massive security breach crisis, with many of its Visa Debit card customers blocked from using their cards and some customers claiming to have had “thousands of dollars” stolen from their personal accounts. Banco Popular and Scotia Bank on St. Croix are also reporting security breaches…
Turkey halts biometric healthcare registration
Planet Biometrics reports: Turkey’s Council of State has ruled that biometric registration of patients must stop as it is unconstitutional. The body made the decision in response to lawsuits raised against scanning patient’s palms by the Turkish Physicians Association and other groups. The Turkish Social Security Institution introduced biometric identification for patients in 2012 to…
Goldman fires staff over leak of confidential NY Fed information
Tanya Agrawal reports: Goldman Sachs Group Inc said it fired two employees over the leaking of confidential information from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, raising again questions about the bank’s alleged cozy relationship with its regulator. The bank said a junior employee was sacked for passing on to a colleague information from the…
TX: Woman wanted in $800K ID theft scheme
Nicole Perez reports: A woman accused of stealing the identities of more than 800 people, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fraudulent tax returns, is on the run. Thalia Diaz Camareno, who also goes by the name of Irene Carrero Echevarria, faces a 10-count indictment on charges including conspiracy to commit mail…
TD Bank Claims Rival Stole Customer Files
Charles Toutant reports: TD Bank claims in a suit filed in federal court in Newark that a competing institution illegally obtained its confidential files in hopes of poaching loan customers from the bank. Kearny Federal Savings Bank of Fairfield, N.J., hired TD Bank loan officer Patrick DiSanto, then set up an email address that he…