Attorney General Doug Gansler wants to remind parents that a new law goes into effect on Tuesday to protect children from ID theft. The law allows parents and legal guardians to place a security freeze on their minor child’s credit records that would prevent identity thieves from opening credit accounts in the child’s name. In…
Category: Breaches
Exploring the Market for Stolen Passwords
If you haven’t been keeping up with what’s going on in the online criminal market for your credentials and information, you really need to read a new column by Brian Krebs. As Brian reports, the days of compromised PCs just being used for spam runs or denial of service attacks is in the past. Now…
Defendant: Snooping was rife at Minneapolis City Hall
Eric Roper reports: A top Minneapolis employee facing a criminal charge of misusing driver’s license records argued in court Thursday that he’s being unfairly targeted for a practice that was rampant at City Hall. After 37 years as a city employee, housing inspections director Tom Deegan was put on paid leave in September when prosecutors…
Lawsuit Filed in Sears Dressing Room Spy Case
Jason Kande reports: A former Sears maintenance worker spied on women and children for years by secretly filming in women’s restrooms and fitting rooms at a North Hollywood branch and managers turned a “blind eye” to his “outwardly suspicious and highly questionable behavior,” a lawsuit by 25 women and a child alleges. Alejandro Gamiz, 28,…