Cedars-Sinai Health System Issues Notice of Data Incident LOS ANGELES (Aug. 22, 2014) – Although there is no indication of any actual or attempted unauthorized access to health information, Cedars-Sinai Health System will be notifying certain patients who have the potential to be affected by the theft of a Cedars-Sinai-issued laptop computer that may have…
California “Vendor” In Identity Theft And Credit Card Fraud on Carder.su Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Prison
A northern California man who served as an information and document vendor in the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as “Carder.su” was sentenced yesterday to serve 100 months in federal prison. He was further ordered to pay approximately $50.5 million in restitution. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s…
GA: Best Buy employee, boyfriend charged in identity theft ring
WSB-TV in Atlanta reports: Best Buy Corporation is apologizing to the victims of an identity theft ring that appears to have involved a Gwinnett County Best Buy employee and her boyfriend. Investigators say Adriana Orellana ran applications for iPhone and Verizon service using the names and information from victims her boyfriend had stolen the identities…
New York City Police Department Officer Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Fraud and Identity Theft Charges
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOHN L. MONTANEZ, a police officer with the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to credit card fraud and identity theft offenses. MONTANEZ, who was arrested late May 2014, entered his plea today before…
ME: Data breach reported at Otto pizza in Portland
J. Craig Anderson reports: A data breach at Otto in Portland may have resulted in the theft of about 900 customers’ credit card numbers from the local restaurant chain’s two Portland locations, the company said Friday. Company officials said in a news release that authorities recently notified Otto that it suffered a “point-of-sale” attack that…
Hacker strikes Cumberland Valley computers; district and law enforcement accessing damage
David Wenner reports: A hacker gained access to the Cumberland Valley School District computer network on Thursday and the district has notified local police and the FBI as it tries to figure out if personal information was stolen. The district, which discovered the breach on Thursday, said it appears someone used the network only to…