A foreign national from Spain pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring with a Romanian national to install electronic skimming devices on PNC Bank ATMs located throughout Western Pennsylvania in April and May of this year, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Felipe Juan Lopez, 34, of Spain, pleaded guilty to one count…
Today’s WTF moment: Yeah, I failed at protecting your data. Please vote for me.
Maybe he thinks any publicity is good publicity, but the Jackson Hewitt franchise owner who was caught dumping employee and client files containing personal information has announced that he’s running for City Council. News4Jax reports: A former tax service franchise owner who admitted Monday to dumping employees’ and customers’ personal information in the trash outside…
HHS site update reveals three previously unreported breaches
The most recent update of HHS’s breach tool website reveals three breaches we didn’t know about and one breach that had previously been reported in the media: The Utah Department of Health recently reported the Utah Department of Workforce Services incident involving access to and disclosure of 1298 immigrants’ information. The incident was covered on…
Carolina West Wireless customer data found during vehicle search
Authorities are trying to determine how men in Beaumont, Texas, ended up with papers that had personal financial information of Wilkesboro-based Carolina West Wireless customers, said Wilkesboro Police Chief Robert Bowlin. Bowlin said a Beaumont Police Department detective contacted Carolina West on Sept. 30 and said Beaumont police had found 121 documents related to Carolina…
Germany Buying More Stolen Data as Tax Agreement With Switzerland Nears
Patrick Donahue reports: German authorities confirmed the purchase of another CD with stolen Swiss bank information as authorities aim to finalize an agreement with Switzerland that may curb tax evasion and bring a windfall in tax revenue. Officials in the western city of Muenster paid 1.5 million euros ($2.1 million) for a CD with data…
DNA's net not cast as wide for Texas suspects
Cindy Horswell reports: As a growing number of states move to strengthen their DNA databanks, many investigators and crime victims in Texas say dangerous criminals may escape justice here because the state fails to require DNA sampling of most arrestees. […] Texas allows DNA samples taken from arrestees only if they are charged with a…