DeKalb County Police have arrested two women and secured warrants for three others who took part in an organized identity theft ring that stole more than $50,000 from members of the U.S. Air Force. Detectives believe that in 2007 the group gained access to the secured member roster of the 80th Aerial Port Squadron based…
Data security breach notification law update
Hunton & Williams provide a nice roundup of data breach notification law changes during the month of July. On July 1, breach notification laws in Alaska and South Carolina went into effect. On July 9, Missouri became the 45th state to enact a data breach notification law. On July 22, Senator Patrick Leahy reintroduced a…
Former worker hacked casino computers
New information is coming to light about the case against a man from Luzerne County accused of hacking into a casino’s computer system to get revenge. Investigators call Leo Hornbaker, III a computer whiz who used his smarts to try to get back at the Mount Airy Casino According to court papers, Hornbaker was a…
MUFJ Nicos loses data on credit card customers
Credit card company Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos Co. said Thursday that it has lost key information on about 197,000 customers but that the data are unlikely to be leaked to unauthorized sources or abused in electronic transactions. […] Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos said an internal investigation revealed the company may have mistakenly discarded the data, which were…
FL: Man accused of stealing credit card numbers
It was the furtive swiping under the counter that caught the customer’s attention. Curious, the customer leaned over the counter to see the cashier swiping his debit card into a portable scanner. A similar device was hanging on the cashier’s key chain. Before his credit card number could be stolen, the customer grabbed the device…
CO: Personal data sent in error to co-workers
The Department of Corrections’ inspector general’s office is investigating the release of the personal financial records of more than 1,000 staff to more than 100 co-workers. The records were sent by e-mail from the DOC payroll office to a total of 103 employees at 5:03 p.m. Friday, said Katherine Sanguinetti, DOC spokeswoman. A payroll employee…