Roderick Neal, of Dothan, Alabama, was indicted for stolen identity refund fraud crimes, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced yesterday following the unsealing of the indictment. Neal was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and…
Birth Certificate Service Reveals Data Breach
Jeanne Price reports: Some data breach notifications just jump off the page and scream, “Details, please!” Such is the case for Record Assist LLC of Houston, Texas, which appears to provide expedited copies of vital records. Birth certificates, to be precise. As any data security writer can tell you, certified birth certificates should be treated…
Update: No criminal charges to be filed in Bay Park patient data breach case
Amulya Raghuveer reports: Oregon Police said Friday that they will not file charges against a ProMedica employee after a criminal investigation into a breach of patient data at Bay Park Hospital. The security breach, which was announced by ProMedica in May, was suspected to have compromised personal health information for nearly 600 patients at the…
P.F. Chang’s “cut corners on security” – lawsuit
Jack Bouboushian reports: Lax security at P.F. Chang’s China Bistro allowed hackers to steal up to 7 million customers’ credit and debit card numbers, and the restaurant waited nine months to tell customers about the security breach, a class action claims in Federal Court. Lead plaintiff John Lewert sued P.F. Chang’s China Bistro on Wednesday….
Update: Data breach at Splash car wash compromises thousands of bank accounts
Stephanie Simoni reports: There’s a warning for people who use certain “Splash” Car Wash locations. The company is now saying as many as 30,000 customers may have had their bank accounts compromised due to a data breach at Splash. Read more on WTNH. So far, the company is aware of 1,400 cases, and the 30,000…
UK: Oxfordshire County Council signs undertaking after loss of records with sensitive information
An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by Oxfordshire County Council. This follows an investigation into a July 2013 incident when a solicitor had removed a number of documents from the office but had dropped these in a street near their home. The documents were found the next day and…