$1.3 million toner theft from Austin Library

$1.3 million toner theft from Austin Library

Austin Public Library (APL) found evidence that one of its former employees stole at least $1.3 million (€1.1 million) in printer toner cartridges and resold them online. In an investigative report entitled Austin Public Library: Fraud and Waste, the Library has...
Apple sues recycler for reselling devices

Apple sues recycler for reselling devices

Apple alleges that the electronics recycler GEEP Canada has stolen and resold devices which were meant to be destroyed and recycled. According to a report by AppleInsider, the electronics recycler GEEP Canada has been on the receiving end of a lawsuit brought to them...
Prison for printer cartridge fraudster

Prison for printer cartridge fraudster

US Judge sentenced Nigerian national Olumide Ogunremi, a/k/a “Tony Williams,” to 36 months in prison for defrauding vendors of nearly $1 million (€0.85 million) of typically printer toner cartridges. Ogunremi and his conspirators used stolen credentials to access the...
Canon latest victim of ransomware attack

Canon latest victim of ransomware attack

Only last month Xerox was reportedly a victim of a ransomware attack, now Canon seems to have been a victim of a similar attack. Bleeping Computer reports that is was told by Maze about the attack. Stolen were 10TB of data as part of Maze’s attack according to the...