Regina Dennis reports: Texas State Technical College is trying to track down hundreds of former students after learning that an Internet server breach last month could have included their personal identification information. TSTC information technology specialists on Jan. 30 discovered that someone attempted to illegally access a server that contained personal information for the nearly…
Syrian Electronic Army hacks Forbes, steals and dumps employee and user data
So by now, regular readers will likely have already heard that the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacked Forbes.com to express their displeasure with Forbes’ reporting on their activities, and what they perceive as Forbes’ antipathy towards Syria. The attack was announced through their Twitter account, with the hacktivists claiming to have acquired more than one…
If you've never thought about this before…
Do you post information about any of your diagnoses or medications you take on Facebook or Twitter or in other public spaces on the Internet? If so, you may be giving criminals a valuable piece of information that they can use to con you out of your personal information for identity theft.
FL: Three Jailed for role in tax refund fraud scheme using prisoners’ identity info
Jeff Goldman reports that Rodney St. Fleur’s (aka Rodney Saintfleur) co-conspirators have been sentenced for their roles in the tax refund fraud scheme: Frantz Pierre, 34, Terry Pierre, 29, and Christmanie Bissainthe, 33, were recently sentenced to prison for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund (SIRF) scheme involving approximately $2.2 million in fraudulent…
TD Bank offers UNH students credit monitoring services after e-mail security lapse (update)
TD Bank is a service provider for the University of New Hampshire. On January 16, an employee e-mailed a file containing 674 students’ names and bank account numbers to the university, but failed to e-mail them in adherence with security protocols. The recipient notified the bank immediately. The university maintains the bank account numbers of…
Pharmacy benefits management firm notifies clients’ employees whose data were stolen by employee for tax refund fraud (update1)
Tampa-based My Matrixx provides pharmacy and ancillary services for workers’ compensation programs. In November 2013, they were contacted by federal law enforcement and notified that a former employee of theirs in Florida was under investigation for filing fraudulent tax returns. By that time, the employee was no longer in their employ, but they were asked not…