Updated 3:38 am CDT, Friday, September 7, 2018 FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, British Airways planes are parked at Heathrow Airport in London. British Airways announced a "very sophisticated malicious criminal attack" on its website Thursday Sept. 6, 2018, that compromised personal credit card information of its customers, and Chief Executive Alex Cruz said Friday the company is "100 percent committed" to compensating customers whose financial information was stolen. less FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, British Airways planes are parked at Heathrow Airport in London. British Airways announced a "very sophisticated malicious ... more Photo: Frank Augstein, AP … [Read more...] about British Airways travelers’ credit card details hacked
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Under investigation for county credit card use, Lawlor formally ends re-election bid
Facing accusations of financial misbehavior and a law enforcement investigation, Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor has formally ended his re-election bid. The county clerk's office received Lawlor's notarized withdrawal from the 18th District race by mail Friday. Lawlor, a Vernon Hills Republican, hasn't stepped down as chairman or as the 18th District representative. His term ends after the Nov. 6 election.Republican leaders have until Aug. 23 to submit a new candidate's name to the clerk's office for inclusion on the ballot. Julie Simpson of Vernon Hills is the Democrat running.Lawlor announced this week he would end his campaign. He couldn't be reached for additional comment.Lawlor is taking a leave of absence from county business while undergoing treatment for an unspecified drug addiction. He's served on the board since 2009 and has been chairman since 2012.In emails to board members and the media, he said the addiction "has damaged my life and personal … [Read more...] about Under investigation for county credit card use, Lawlor formally ends re-election bid
NBC 6 Responds Tracks Down Lost Credit Card Payments
After spending months on the customer service merry-go-round, a woman called NBC 6 Responds to find out what happened to two credit card payments she says were never applied to her account. Nannette Siegel says she opened a retail credit card account with the Loft so she could buy her favorite T-shirts. But what she wasn't expecting was hours on the phone trying to figure out what happened to two money orders she sent for payments. Siegel has been working to track down the two payments she says she mailed to her credit company months ago. The NBC 6 Responds team shows you a way to set yourself up for success when it comes to scratch-off tickets. NBC 6 Reporter Sasha Jones explains. (Published Sunday, May 20, 2018) "Just the hours and hours and hours and hours, spent on a daily basis, listening to a pre-recorded messages, trying to get to someone that is a human being," Siegel said. In October, Siegel paid her credit card bill the same way she had done every other month. She … [Read more...] about NBC 6 Responds Tracks Down Lost Credit Card Payments
NYPD tests new tool that detects credit card skimmers
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Patrick Traynor, a cybersecurity expert, was in New York in February working with police to help identify a way to detect credit card skimmers on ATMs when he got a financial fraud alert: his own information had been stolen while he was in town.It wasn't the first time. In five years he'd had his personal information stolen by credit card skimmers — devices illegally installed on ATMs and gas station pumps that "skim" consumer credit card numbers — a half-dozen times."I've got 15 years of experience in the field of information security. If I can't protect myself reliably, who else possibly can?" Traynor, a computer information science and engineering professor at University of Florida, said.After three years of study, Traynor and two Florida graduate students invented a device they call the "Skim Reaper," a credit-card thin gadget that slides into card reader slots and can easily and quickly detect if an ATM or gas pump has been compromised. … [Read more...] about NYPD tests new tool that detects credit card skimmers
Bill Jamieson: ‘Papers please!’ ID cards loom for UK
0 Have your say The Scottish NEC card could become the basis for a national identity system, writes Bill Jamieson. In classic wartime movies there was often a tense scene when fugitives trying to escape from Nazi-occupied Europe were stopped and asked for identity papers by some jackbooted official.Our sympathies were invariably with the fugitives, and I suspect it is the lingering memory of these fateful encounters that explains much of the UK’s persistent reluctance to adopt ID cards. And this has persisted despite previous compelling arguments made because of the 9/11 terror attacks, Islamist terror attacks at home, and benefit fraud.Now, in the wake of the Empire Windrush debacle, the seconds are out for Round 15 of the great ID campaign battle.I can certainly think of many benefits and I sense the public mood is now more sympathetic than at any time in the past. Are we not already accustomed to having to produce our passports for photo ID at banks, or our driving … [Read more...] about Bill Jamieson: ‘Papers please!’ ID cards loom for UK