The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) recently released its report, Global Phishing Survey: Trends and Domain Name Use in 2H2009. From the Overview: Phishing has always been attractive to criminals because it has low start-up costs and few barriers to entry. But by mid-2009, phishing was dominated by one player as never before—the ―Avalanche‖ phishing operation….
SC: Laptop With Patients’ Information Stolen
A laptop containing information on more than 600 patients at an Oconee County physicians’ practice was stolen a week ago — and now patients are being warned about the theft. The staff of the Oconee Heart Center discovered the theft of the laptop on May 10. The practice is notifying more than 600 patients whose…
Former Gas Station Employee Sentenced to Three and a Half Years for Stealing Over 2,000 Credit Card Numbers
United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced Friday that United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced Pavel Abramyan, 27, of Rancho Cordova, to three and a half years in federal prison for possessing stolen credit card numbers. Abramyan pleaded guilty on October 15, 2009. This case was the product of an investigation by…
GA: Defendants Charged in Widespread Identity Theft Scheme
Opeoluwa Adigun a/k/a Mary Afolabi, age unknown, and Chukwuka Onyekaba a/k/a Gabriel Onyekaba, 32, both of Marietta, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of stealing the identities of more than 80 individuals in the Atlanta metropolitan area and opening credit card accounts, loans, and bank accounts in the names of…
MO: Former Pharmacy Technician Indicted on Health Care Fraud Charges
The United States Attorney’s Office announced today last week that Karen Williams was indicted on multiple fraud charges involving her scheme to fraudulently obtain prescription drugs and bill them to patient insurance companies. According to the indictment, Williams was employed as a pharmacy technician at a Walgreens on St. Charles Rock Road. Between 2007 and…
More breaches revealed by OCR
Noticed two more breaches on OCR’s web site today: Loma Linda University Health Care State: California Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 584 Date of Breach: 4/04/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information: Desktop Computer Miami VA Healthcare System State: Florida Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 568 Date of Breach: 1/19/10 Type of Breach:…