Zha Minjie reports: Shanghai police said today that they have bust a criminal ring that sold personal information to businesses for illegal gains. Police detained 50 suspects and found nearly 200 million pieces of personal information, such as cellphone numbers and home addresses, in their computers. One suspect surnamed Zhang took advantage of his assignment…
Bank vs. Customer Claims Rejected
Tracy Kitten reports: Labeling it “a very close call,” a U.S. district court has rejected a Mississippi bank’s efforts to have a former commercial customer held liable for losses, damages and legal costs in an ACH and wire fraud case. And one legal expert suggests the case could set a precedent for other similar fraud…
Assange supporters claim to hack Cambridge University
Ben Kendall reports: An investigation has been launched after a group which supports WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claimed to have hacked Cambridge University computer systems. The group named NullCrew, linked to the computer hacking network Anonymous, said it had targeted several university departments and broken into databases. The group published details of what appear to…
UK: Child database leak caused by error not hacking
When I posted a news item about a breach involving Gabbitas and The Independent Schools Guide web site, I duly quoted the reference to claims that the leak had been due to a cyber-attack, even though it seemed a bit implausible to me. An article in Computerworld today by John E. Dunn that reports there…
Coral Springs Police: Identity Theft Ring Busted
CBS in Miami reports that police have busted an ID theft ring that involved an employee of a Coral Springs Chili’s and others. On Tuesday Ames and other investigators showed the evidence recovered to CBS 4 News — a credit card making machine, a credit card skimmer, laptops, blank credit cards and pages and pages…
Second class action lawsuit against Western Health Authority filed
Gary Kean reports that a second class action lawsuit, representing about 200 patients who received breach notifications from Western Health, has been filed. Unlike the other lawsuit, however, this one names the employee as a co-defendant. Over 1,000 patients received notification letters concerning an employee’s inappropriate access to their files. For at least some patients,…