Somewhat bizarre case in Austin, Texas. Patrick George reports: A man charged with burglary is accused of stealing nearly 100 debit and credit cards from Pure, a downtown Austin bar, according to an arrest affidavit. You can read about the case on Statesman.com while I scratch my head and wonder why there would be 100…
H&R Block Manager Arrested for Identity Theft of Tax Clients
Michael Cohn reports: An H&R Block manager in Southern California has been arrested for using the identities of his former tax preparation clients in an identity theft scheme. Read more on Accounting Today.
Mazda Malaysia Hacked and Defaced
content/images/gallery/random3/hacked-by-pak-cyber-pyrates-cyb3r0ck3r.png A Malaysian Mazda dealer mazda.my who is part of the main Mazda motor group has been hacked and left defaced. This attack adds to the on going attacks that the motor industry is seeing on its websites. The sites deface is a main page deface and has been carried out by Dboyz VVIp (Rileks Crew) who in…
IE: Military members’ info on laptop stolen from officer’s home
Niall O’Connor reports that a military laptop containing hundreds of 65th Battalion, Reserve Defence Forces members’ information was stolen from a senior officer’s home in Dublin earlier this week. As of the time of this posting, it’s not clear whether the laptop contained any financial details. It’s also not clear why the officer had the…
TX: Lake Worth school district alerts workers of potential computer breach
Mitch Mitchell reports: Employees of the Lake Worth school district were notified Thursday of a potential computer security breach, Superintendent Janice Cooper said. In a statement e-mailed to the Star-Telegram, Cooper said the district has no indication that a breach occurred, but has notified law enforcement officials and is investigating. The concern has to do…
NL: Workers' medical details passed to employers by 'absenteeism stoppers'
This falls under workplace privacy as well as health privacy: The Netherlands’ biggest private health and safety firm (arbodienst) has been passing confidential medical information to employers, television current affairs show Zembla will report on Friday evening. Many Dutch firms rely on private companies to monitor health and safety in the workplace, follow up on…