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Threat actors offer for sale data for 50 millions of Moscow drivers

Security Affairs

Stolen data spans from 2006 and 2019, local media outlets have confirmed their authenticity. “The cybercriminals put up for sale for $ 800 a database of 50 million lines with the data of drivers that were registered in Moscow and the Moscow region from 2006 to 2019. ” continues the post.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Prior to that, akafitis@gmail.com was used as the email address for the account “ Fitis ,” which was active on Exploit between September 2006 and May 2007. Intel 471 shows akafitis@gmail.com was used to register another O.R.Z. user account — this one on Verified[.]ru ru in 2008. account on Carder[.]su su from 2008.

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Russians Shut Down Huge Card Fraud Ring

Krebs on Security

In 2006, Stroganov and an associate Gerasim Silivanon (a.k.a. Most carding sites will offer customers a form of buyer’s insurance known as a “checker,” which is an automated, à la carte service customers can use after purchasing cards to validate whether the cards they just bought are still active.

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Chronicle of a Records Manager: Controlling the Chaos of Disaster Response and Recovery

ARMA International

The plan was to meet the insurance coordinator at the Howard Avenue office at 8:30 a.m. I was aware that I would need documentation on damage and losses for insurance and internal purposes. The archivist and I met the insurance coordinator and the disaster response contractor at the site to do a walk-through and assess the damage.

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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

Krebs on Security

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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UK FCA Consults on Changes to Strong Consumer Authentication, Dedicated Interfaces, and Guidance on Payment Services

Data Matters

The FCA has provided new guidance for PIs and EMIs using the “insurance or comparable guarantee” method of safeguarding. The FCA has provided new guidance for PIs and EMIs using the “insurance or comparable guarantee” method of safeguarding. Prudential risk management.

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CVS Pays $2.25 Million in Record HIPAA Settlement

Hunton Privacy

In 2006, media exposés revealed that CVS employees disposed of prescription drug bottles with labels containing patient information, pharmacy orders, and other items potentially containing PHI in unsecured dumpsters that could be accessed by anyone.

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