Sang Lee provides a follow-up on the SK Communications hack that affected 35 million South Koreans, covered previously on this blog: […] According to South Korean media, the Korean Committee on Culture, Sports, Tourism, Broadcasting & Communications released a report yesterday noting that, of the 50 or so antivirus software available in the Korean market, SK…
Yet another former employee of Electronic Data Systems convicted for participation in ID theft and tax fraud conspiracy
The other day I posted information on an insider breach at Electronic Data Systems that had pretty much flown under the media radar. Today, I came across this subsequent press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama that names yet another Electronic Data Systems employee who appears to have been…
UK: Card fraud on rise in travel sector
Travel companies suffer a higher rate of card fraud than the average UK business as a result of the explosion in card-not-present transactions. An industry conference in London yesterday was told that overall card fraud is falling, but card-not-present transactions have ballooned and retailers invariably bear the cost of the fraud loss. […] There are…
Commentary: Obamacare HHS rule would give government everybody’s health records
As always, consider the source. Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas has an OpEd in the Washington Examiner that begins: It’s been said a thousand times: Congress had to pass President Obama’s health care law in order to find out what’s in it. But, despite the repetitiveness, the level of shock from each new discovery never…
NC: Greenville Medical Tech Arrested For Identity Theft
Kristen Hunter reports: A medical technician is behind bars, charged with using medical records in a series of financial frauds. 27-year-old, Kelly Marie O’Neal has been arrested on 16 counts of identity theft and 16 counts of obtaining property by false pretense. She’s in the Pitt County Jail tonight on a $20,000 secured bond. Detectives…
Some retirees’ personal information lost in mail
Associated Press reports: The personal information of thousands of U.S. Steel Mining retirees and their dependents has been lost in the mail. Benefits Administration Services said Friday that a password-protected CD it had put in the mail in August never reached its destination. BAS is a provider of benefits administration services for the United States…