Bobby DeAgostino promoted to Senior Director, Safety and Loss Prevention for Floor & Decor
Bobby was the Safety Director for the retailer since 2016 before receiving this promotion. He's held a variety of leadership positions in the retail industry including Regional VP of Family Dollar, Regional Director of Operations and Regional AP Manager for The Home Depot, Divisional LP Manager for Sears Holdings Corporation, and LP/Operations Manager for Hills Department Stores. Bobby earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Administration of Justice from Penn State University. Congratulations Bobby!

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ADT Brings Home "Installer of the Year" and "Integrated Installation of the Year" Awards for Commercial and Multi-Site Security at 23rd Annual Sammy Awards

BOCA RATON, Fla., April 13, 2018 - ADT Inc., (NYSE: ADT), the leading provider of monitored security and interactive home and business automation solutions in the U.S. and Canada, was recently honored with two of the most prestigious awards in the security industry.

During the annual SAMMY Awards, held in Las Vegas, ADT was presented with both the Installer of the Year and Integrated Installation of the Year (Multi-Site Commercial) awards, earning the prestigious recognitions over the industry's top players.

ADT continues to grow its Commercial business, both organically and through strategic acquisitions, by adding both capabilities and talent with a focus on national account and multi-site locations - all supported by nationwide resources that provide a personalized experience on a local level.

The new norm at ADT are solutions which cement our stellar reputation for great customer service like same-day service with Tech Tracker, dedicated national accounts operations center teams, and phone calls answered quickly by live attendants.

"As ADT continues growing our commercial security business, this tremendous recognition reflects the exemplary work of every ADT employee and Dealer who constantly strive to provide world class service to our customers" said ADT President Jim DeVries. "We are incredibly proud."

Now in its 23rd year, the SAMMY (sales and marketing) Awards were created to recognize and honor best-in-class installing security dealers and integrators for their marketing, business, installation and overall excellence.

"With entries from security companies across the country, this year's SAMMY competition was fierce," said Scott Goldfine with Security Sales & Integration Magazine, the awards sponsor. "The winners represent the best of the best, and we congratulate ADT on their success."

The recent SAMMY victory comes on the heels of ADT being named Dealer of the Year by SDM Magazine last December.

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Hackers Sold Saks Data On Dark Web, Shoppers Say
Saks Inc. was hit with a proposed class action on Wednesday accusing the company of leaving customers' credit and debit card information vulnerable to hackers who then sold it on the dark web, according to a suit in Tennessee federal court.

Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and sister store Lord & Taylor had disclosed on April 1 that shoppers' personal information may have been compromised in a recent breach, but the consumers in Wednesday's suit said it was worse than just a security problem found in the stores' software.

That's because several days before the breach was announced, a hacking syndicate called JokerStash said it was releasing more than five million stolen credit and debit cards on the dark web, according to the suit. Saks' failure to protect the customers' information means that cybercriminals will keep buying and using it again, the consumers said. law360.com

Most data breaches occur in North America and Retail, report finds
The new Trustwave report has revealed that most data breaches occur in North America and retail, among other key findings. The '2018 Trustwave Security Report' says that despite exhibiting a slight decline from 2016, North America led the pack in data breaches with 43%, followed by Asia Pacific on 30%, Europe, Middle East and Africa on 23%, and Latin America on 4%. The retail sector suffered the most breach incidences at 16.7% followed by the finance and insurance industry at 13.1% and hospitality at 11.9%.

Of great concern is a marked increase at 9.5% in compromises targeting businesses that provide IT services including web-hosting providers, POS integrators and help-desk providers. Down from 2016, payment card data at 40% still reigns supreme in terms of data types targeted in a breach. The figure is split between magnetic stripe data at 22% and card-not-present (CNP) at 18%. thepaypers.com

Businesses Calculate Cost of EU's GDPR as May 25 Deadline Looms
Businesses are under fire to achieve General Data Protection Regulation compliance ahead of the May 25 deadline, only 45 days away. As they do, new research highlights the steps they're taking to adhere to new regulations, how much work they have left, and what this wave of changes is costing them.

It's an expensive process. Ten percent of Netsparker's respondents say they will spend more than $1 million to become GDPR compliant. Nearly 24% will spend between $100,000 and $1 million, 35.8% will spend from $50,000 to $100,000, and 20% will spend between $10,000 and $50,000.

Part of the cost stems from hiring GDPR professionals. About 63% of respondents have a dedicated team addressing compliance issues; however, 28% had to hire a third-party firm or service to help out. For many, GDPR has prompted reorganizations and new employees. darkreading.com

Study: 48% of shoppers ready for voice recognition security
About 48% of 3,000 U.S. consumers surveyed in an online Harris Poll from voice security company Pindrop said they would be willing to use voice recognition as a method of personal verification, and 81% said they could envision potential benefits of using voice for security, according to a Pindrop press release.

Many survey participants said they often access their accounts with retailers and other types of companies by phone, but are sometimes frustrated by the numerous questions they need to answer to verify their identities, an issue which the survey findings suggest voice recognition might help solve.

However, 94% of those surveyed also expressed concerns about potential drawbacks to using voice for personal verification, including the possibility that it wouldn't always work, or might not work with background noise, as well as concerns about a person's voice being cloned and used for a security breach. retaildive.com

7th Circ. Tosses Banks' Suit Over 2012 Schnuck Data Breach
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday declined to revive a putative class action against Schnuck Markets Inc. by a group of banks that issued debit and credit cards affected by the company's 2012 data breach, saying the issue was a contractual and not a tort matter. The panel rejected the banks' arguments that the grocery chain was liable to them under common law and state consumer laws for the data breach they said forced them to cancel and reissue 2.4 million cards, saying the matter was fully covered by the various contracts between the company, the card payment networks and the banks, even if the banks were not satisfied with the indemnification they received. law360.com

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Opinion: Without the right data, CNP fraud protection could be out of reach
For ecommerce players, preventing card-not-present (CNP) fraud is an ongoing challenge. But many of these businesses are leaving their most valuable fraud-fighting tools untouched. According to the 2017 True Cost of Fraud Study by Lexis Nexis, fewer than half of small ecommerce businesses track their fraud costs by transaction type. Even fewer track their fraud costs by channel. But that data can give businesses the real-time, dynamic information they need to fight fraud and keep pace with rapid changes in the way fraudsters operate.

The rising tide of CNP fraud affects the entire ecommerce industry, and certain verticals are more frequent fraudster targets. But each business has a unique risk profile based on its vertical, niche, markets, specific products, payment security practices, and other factors. The only way to build a truly effective fraud prevention system is to customize it-and the only way to do that is by thoroughly analyzing your sales and fraud data, particularly by channel and by transaction type.

Data ecommerce sellers can track for fraud prevention

Small ecommerce firms-those with annual revenues less than $10 million-lag far behind larger players in tracking fraud data. This raises their CNP fraud risk because, as the True Cost of Fraud authors noted, fraudsters will go where they can succeed. If larger ecommerce sellers are fending them off, they'll move on to smaller sellers who aren't focused on their fraud metrics. Here's a brief rundown of some of the numbers mentioned in the Lexis Nexis report that ecommerce merchants of all sizes should monitor and analyze.

● Prevented and successful fraud by transaction type. Only 39% of small ecommerce companies track instances of prevented fraud, while 52% of larger companies do. This data allows sellers to see which payment types lend themselves best to stopping fraud. Fewer ecommerce companies of all sizes track completed fraud by payment type, even though this information can identify the payment methods that entail the most risk.

● Prevented and successful fraud by channel. A mere 17% of small ecommerce companies track prevented fraud by channel, and just 26% track completed fraud by channel. Compare that to larger ecommerce businesses. Forty-two percent of them monitor prevented fraud by channel, and 76% track completed fraud by channel. This information matters because different channels carry different fraud risks and require different practices. csoonline.com

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting online retailers. Here's how to protect yourself
Cybersecurity can be a cat-and-mouse game. Fix one weakness, and the criminals find another target.

The theft of payment information collected at checkout stands, once a more common threat, is declining. The use of chip-enabled credit cards as well as lessons learned from major consumer data breaches - like one at Target in 2013 that affected more than 41 million people - have encouraged retailers to step up their data defences.

"That went a long way toward securing those point-of-sale systems and making them less of a juicy target for criminals," said Karl Sigler, threat intelligence manager at SpiderLabs, the research team at Chicago-based cybersecurity firm Trustwave. But in response, criminals are targeting payment information consumers provide when they shop online.

Data breaches affecting checkout systems in stores comprised 20% of the incidents Trustwave investigated in 2017, down from 31% the year before, according to the firm's Global Security Report, released Thursday. E-commerce incidents, on the other hand, were 30% of cases, up from 26% in 2016.

What's so insecure about online shopping? Sigler said e-commerce sites are getting more complex - with connections to vendors and outside credit card processors - and each added complexity is an added vulnerability. thestar.com

Lander, WY: Police searching for suspect in $115,000 Jewelry store Burglary
Lander Police are asking for the public's help in finding the man who recently burglarized a jewelry store, taking off with roughly $115,000 worth of rings. The burglary of Rhoads' Jewelry took place shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday. According to the Lander Police Department, about 93 gold rings were stolen, with most of those rings containing diamonds. k2radio.com


Champaign, IL: Fencing Operation: Businessman accused in felony theft of $80,000 of goods
An area businessman faces charges of felony theft for selling, reselling and possessing stolen property. Kirit Patel, was arrested about 2:30 pm, Wednesday, at his business, Krispy Krunchy Chicken. Authorities say an investigation, which lasted several months, ended with search warrants being executed at the business, Patel's home, Blue Star Convenience Store, and Lucky Diamond Gaming Parlor. Authorities seized items worth more than $80,000 including: 120 cellular phones, 63 personal computing devices,191 bottles of designer cologne, and over 100 other electronic devices. Investigators say Patel used the restaurant to buy stolen goods. Police are currently working to identify rightful owners of seized property. illinoishomepage.net

Man used hammer from Target tool aisle to smash display case, steal 17 iPads totaling over $9,000
Sanford Police arrested a man accused of trying to steal 17 iPads from a Target store using a stolen hammer and a stolen book bag. Daytron Head, 33, was arrested at the Target near the Seminole Towne Center mall. Head took a hammer from the store's tool section and used it to break the glass on an iPad display, police stated.. Head then took 17 iPads, valued at $9,119, and put them in his shopping cart. As Head left the store, a Sanford police officer approached him. Head faces charges of grand theft, criminal mischief, burglary, and possession of burglary tools. orlandosentinel.com




Fort Myers, FL: Police looking for man who stole $500 in razor blades from Publix
The suspect walked into the Publix located at 11851 Palm Beach Blvd. around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday and took several razor blade refills off one of the shelves in the store and put them in a basket. The man then walked to the frozen food section of the store, put all of the razor blades in his pockets, and walked out of the store. nbc-2.com


Warwick, RI: Twin Sisters arrested for the theft of $700 of Walmart merchandise

Hillsdale County, MI: Man pleads to Felony theft from Walmart, $1,000

Bakersfield, CA: 3 of 4 suspects on the run after Shoplifting at Nike Outlet; group tied to stolen car

Bossier City, LA: Bossier City Detectives working Multiple Theft and Shoplifting Cases

Trials & Sentencings

Meadville, PA: Killer of a GNC Employee sentenced to Life in Prison
Adam Lee Greenlee, 34, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole by Judge Anthony Vardaro for first-degree murder. Greenlee admitted to killing Kozminski with a knife during a Nov. 30, 2017, robbery of the GNC store at the Crawford Landing shopping center in Vernon Township where Kozminski was an employee. Greenlee admitted in court the homicide stemmed from his addiction to heroin as he was looking to steal items from the store to buy drugs, but the situation escalated after he was confronted by Kozminski. By agreeing to enter a guilty plea to first-degree murder and a life sentence without parole. sharonherald.com


Yakima, WA: Final arguments in 2016 Moneytree store Double Murder
"The defendant here brutally murdered these two young women in cold blood. He's guilty of murder in the first degree," prosecutor Brian Aaron said in his closing argument in Yakima County Superior Court. "The defendant admitted to this; the defendant admitted that he shot (the women). That is the uncontested evidence; those are the facts." Defense attorneys concede that their client, Manuel Enrique Verduzco Jr., killed Karina Morales-Rodriguez, 27, and Marta Martinez, 30, but argue he can't be convicted because he was experiencing a schizophrenic episode at the time. Defense attorney Peter Mazzone said Verduzco, 28, has struggled with schizophrenia since he was a teenager and that voices in his head told him to kill. yakimaherald.com

Olathe, KS: Fourth man convicted of the Murder of a Gun Shop Owner; will serve Life

Charlestown, SC: Jury convicts man of Attempted Murder following C-Store shooting; Derrick Porter now faces up to 30 years

Robberies & Thefts

Alameda, CA: Owner of a Vietnamese Restaurant beaten to death
in Robbery attempt
Cindy Le died on Tuesday of injuries she suffered during a violent attempted robbery outside her Vietnamese restaurant in Alameda last Friday night. Police said Le and a man were both found suffering from head injuries after officers responded to reports of a fight in front of the Pho Anh Dao, which Le owned. Police believe at least two suspects fled before officers arrived. cbsnews.com


San Antonio, TX: SWAT Officer attempting to end Standoff with Pawn Shop Armed Robbery Suspect
The standoff stems from a robbery of the Cash America Pawn Shop at 6800 West Military at 8pm Thursday evening. Police spotted the suspect's vehicle at the standoff location. Police have detained at least three people as they tried to flee from the home. They now believe there is just one more suspect barricaded in the home. news4sanantonio.com




Killeen, TX: Zales hit with a Grab & Run of a $20,000 Diamond Ring
Killeen Police were looking for two men Thursday who they say stole a ring worth more than 20-thousand dollars from the Zales Jewelry store on S.W. Young Dr. Police said on Wednesday afternoon the men asked an employee to look at the ring and after the employee gave it to them they both ran out of the store. kcentv.com



Portland, OR: Married couple arrested, accused of more than 20 business Robberies in metro area
Nigel Floyd, 38, is facing 21 counts of first-degree robbery. His wife, 39-year-old Stephanie Floyd, is facing 19 counts of first-degree robbery. Investigators said Nigel Floyd committed the robberies in Portland, Gresham, Wood Village and Happy Valley using a large kitchen knife. The robberies occurred between Jan. 20 and April 11, with Stephanie Floyd acting as the getaway driver in the majority of the cases. kptv.com

Friendswood, TX: Man in brawl at Apple Store in Baybrook Mall says he was wrongly accused of shoplifting
A man at the center of a brawl inside the Apple Store at Baybrook Mall said that the whole thing was a misunderstanding. Julio Gonzalez told ABC13 the fight broke out over an Apple headset on Tuesday night. "It's just a misunderstanding," Gonzalez said. "It's just messed up that it happened." Gonzalez said he placed a headset on top of his baby's stroller as he pushed it inside the store. He told us that he gave the stroller to his girlfriend when Apple called him up for his appointment and that she walked out, not realizing the headphones were on the stroller's canopy. That's when the confrontation broke out. abc13.com

Royal Beach, FL: Man's own dashboard camera lands him in jail; attempting to clear up a car accident, forgot his camera caught his Beauty Shop burglary

Stafford, VA: Woman arrested for shoplifting dog collar at Walmart earns Felony charge for carrying Percocet pills

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