“The Dark Overlord”

Two incidents involving Texas tax preparers may have put customers at risk of ID theft

February 10, 2019
Business Sector, Commentaries and Analyses, Hack, Insider, U.S.

Remember when it seemed like every day we were reading about ID theft and tax refund fraud schemes involving rogue employees of tax preparation firms? Yeah, well it’s still a thing. Here’s a story about a former rogue employee at Jackson Hewitt in McKinney, Texas. If you or someone you know may have used...

Did Columbia Falls Schools treat an extortion payment made to TheDarkOverlord as a dirty little secret?

March 9, 2018
Breach Incidents, Commentaries and Analyses, Education Sector, Hack, Of Note

Update of March 12: After this story appeared on March 9, DataBreaches.net received a call from Superintendent Bradshaw, who had been out of town when my email had arrived. This story has been updated – and corrected occasionally – to incorporate his answers. If students are at risk of significant emotional damage because highly...