Associated Press reports: A bank teller who conspired to use customers’ information to order fraudulent checks and steal money their accounts has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. Twenty-four-year-old Jayad Zainab Ester Conteh of Glenarden was also ordered to pay more than $36,000 in restitution at sentencing Tuesday in federal court in…
Ca: Privacy breach at London Shoppers Drug Mart stuns customer
CTV reports: It was supposed to be a normal trip to the drugstore, but one London woman got a shock when she got home and realized what was handed to her at the pharmacy. Helliena Julliana was simply inquiring about some medication at the Shoppers Drug Mart location at Adelaide and Huron streets. That’s when…
FL: Three Sentenced in Orange County Health Department Identity Theft Scheme (update 1)
There’s a follow-up to a breach noted previously on this blog: U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Delray Duncan, Gerald Williams, and Shanterica Smith to federal prison yesterday for identity theft. Specifically, the court sentenced Duncan to 42 months in federal prison, Williams to 54 months in federal prison, and Smith to 60…
Faxes containing patient data breached from Roper Hospital (Updated)
On Feb. 28, a media report, noted on this blog, indicated that a man in Oregon kept receiving faxes with patient data. When he tracked the number down, it seemed that the faxes came from Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Contacted by TMJ4 News, the hospital told the reporter that United Healthcare was…
Thieves Jam Up Smucker’s, Card Processor (update 1)
Brian Krebs reports: Jam and jelly maker Smucker’s last week shuttered its online store, notifying visitors that the site was being retooled because of a security breach that jeopardized customers’ credit card data. Closer examination of the attack suggests that the company was but one of several dozen firms — including at least one credit card processor — hacked…
Ca: Island Health offers apologies over privacy breach
There’s a follow-up to a breach reported recently in this blog. John Harding reports: Island Health is apologizing for a breach of privacy that put personal information of its clients up for sale at a local thrift shop. The NEWS broke the story of the breach in its Thursday edition. A local woman purchased file…