Jennifer Reading reports: WILLISTON, Vt. – “His card was used at Publix supermarkets in Boynton Beach, Florida-area 14 times in one day,” Richmond Police Chief Alan Buck said. In the last 48 hours, Chief Buck has been flooded with complaints about credit and debit card fraud. Vermont victims report their accounts are being wiped out…
Two sentenced for role in Michaels Stores data theft and misuse
Two southern California men were sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland for their roles in a scheme to defraud nearly 1,000 debit card holders by using stolen bank account information to withdraw money from ATMs. Eduard Arakelyan, 21, and Arman Vardanyan, 23, were each sentenced yesterday to…
Hillsborough Health Department: Breach of up to 311 clients' information
Taylor Katz reports that Hillsborough County Health Dept. issued a press release about a breach. The notice is not readily available on the department’s web site at the time of this posting, but as posted by WSTP.com: “The Hillsborough County Health Department is informing the public about a breach of client information. The breach of…
Toronto Homestay Search Hacked, 14,000 Accounts Leaked
A hacker group using the handle Black Tiger Security has dumped a fairly big load of accounts from a home stay search website based in Toronto. The website https://torontohomestaysearch.com/ was uploaded to ozdc.net with over 14000 account details. The website is for students and homestay family who are wanting to meet others in the same situation from all around…
OSU notifying individuals of data security breach
Joce DeWitt reports: Oregon State Police currently are investigating a security breach by a vendor who, while under contract to Oregon State University, copied information from a check register data base without permission. The action could have compromised the private information of 21,000 students and employees who were associated with OSU between 1996 and 2009….
Ca: Langford pub hit by second security breach
Derek Spalding reports that a pub that had its payment system hacked due to a faulty firewall has also had problems with card skimmers: The passwords and debit-card numbers of at least five people have been stolen from customers of Langford’s Station House Pub, which has been hit by two security breaches in the past…