Darren Pauli reports: The number of Australian data breaches reported to forensic investigators has already doubled those experienced in 2010, even though it’s only April. Some of the worst breaches have cost businesses many hundreds of thousands of dollars, and involved significant loss of credit card information and customer information. Yet it seems that none…
PA: Two Romanians arrested in skimmer scheme
One resident of Pompano Beach, Fla., and one resident of Astoria, N.Y., have been arrested following an indictment by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, access device fraud and attempt to commit access device fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The four-count indictment, returned on March 29, 2011,…
TX: Identity theft hits doctor's office, banks
Guillermo Contreras reports: A San Antonio man pleaded guilty this week to possessing numerous medical files stolen from an area doctor, while a local woman was indicted separately for using stolen identifying information in a bank fraud scam. Douglas Allen Ewert, 28, entered the guilty plea Tuesday to fraud related to stolen identification documents after…
DOJ takes steps to take down Coreflood botnet that infected 2.3 million computers
Today the Department of Justice and FBI announced the filing of a civil complaint, the execution of criminal seizure warrants, and the issuance of a temporary restraining order as part of the most complete and comprehensive enforcement action ever taken by U.S authorities to disable an international botnet. The botnet is a network of hundreds…
Former AllianceBernstein employee indicted on charges of unauthorized access and duplication of computer files
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., has announced the indictment of Peter Jan, 35, in connection with unauthorized access and duplication of computer files owned by AllianceBernstein Holding LP, a United States-based global investment firm. Jan, a former employee of AllianceBernstein, is charged with Computer Trespass, Unlawful Duplication of Computer Related Materials, and Grand…
Malaysian National Admits to Hacking into the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, FedComp, and Others
Lin Mun Poo, 32, a resident and citizen of Malaysia, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Brooklyn to possessing stolen credit and debit card numbers. Poo also admitted that he compromised a computer server belonging to the Federal Reserve Bank, and that he installed a malicious code onto that server. According to the…