BUFFALO, NY-- The Erie County Comptroller's office says an audit has found copies of residents confidential personal information left in open areas that are accessible to the public. Some the information in the records includes birth certificates, social security cards, and medical records. The comptroller says the records were found during an ongoing audit of the Department of Social Services, which began ... [Read More]
Posted by Downstream Data | May 21, 2013
WHEN LAUREN Bornfriend went to West Fairmount Park in Parkside two weeks ago, she discovered piles of trash that had been dumped in the grass. "What's so upsetting about it is it a sends a message to the adults and certainly the children that they're not worthy of a park that is well-maintained and clean and safe," said Bornfriend, executive director ... [Read More]
Posted by Downstream Data | May 20, 2013
Yahoo disclosed Friday that a breach at Yahoo Japan may have exposed 22 million login names to attackers. "We don't know if the file [containing 22 million user IDs] was leaked or not, but we can't deny the possibility, given the volume of traffic between our server and external terminals," read a statement issued Friday by Yahoo Japan. Yahoo is the ... [Read More]
Posted by Downstream Data | May 20, 2013
By Steve Coulter and Jake Kara, Hersam Acorn Newspapers A hacker stole data from a Fairfield County accounting firm in a breach that may have impacted as many as 900 customers, authorities say. Lyons & Lyons, a certified public accountant firm in Ridgefield and Fairfield, is currently working with the U.S. Secret Service, the Internal Revenue Service and the IRS’s Criminal Investigation ... [Read More]
Posted by Downstream Data | May 17, 2013
By Brianna Bailey The Oklahoma City-based wireless companies TerraCom and YourTel America said Monday that journalists had accessed the personal information of about 150,000 prospective clients and that the personal information of 200 people had been readily available online via a simple Google search. The companies also admitted Monday that the files of about 343 applicants had been accessed online by unidentifiable ... [Read More]
Posted by Downstream Data | May 14, 2013
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -Federal prosecutors unsealed charges Thursday against an alleged cybertheft ring accused of stealing $45 million from banks around the globe and using the loot for Rolex watches, luxury cars and other booty.The charges were announced in Brooklyn, N.Y., by U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch. The eight defendants charged Thursday withdrew $2.8 million from New York banks in two separate ... [Read More]
Posted by Downstream Data | May 9, 2013
By Paula McMahon A former state corrections officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing hundreds of prison inmates' identities. Bernard Beliard, 27, who was most recently assigned to the South Florida Reception Center in Doral, pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated identity theft and access device fraud. Beliard admitted that he used his law enforcement position to obtain lists of more than 800 inmates, their ... [Read More]
Posted by Downstream Data | May 9, 2013
A man who would steal people’s mail and information from their computers to set up fraudulent checking accounts pleaded to 21 felonies last Friday. Imoukhuede Ehimika pleaded to 17 felony counts of identity theft and four counts of grand theft, commercial burglary, and money laundering, and agreed to pay back more than $160,000 to his victims. He will be sentenced ... [Read More]
Posted by Downstream Data | May 8, 2013