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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 299 days ago
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http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2008-02-07/voices/once-more-into-the-security-breachBy Tim FernholzThe Georgetown VoiceFebruary 7, 2008Like a whole bunch of Georgetown students and alums, I woke up last week to an unpleasant e-mail from Georgetown: my name and Social Security number may have been exposed after a University hard drive was stolen. More exasperated than angrybetween Facebook, buying things on the internet and the U.S. governments tendency to lose private information, my privacy is nil anywayI read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 292 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: secret printer id codes breach eu privacy laws comments Discuss  
Commissioner has a mullA little-noticed system that allows printed documents to be tracked by government agents has gotten the attention of the EU Commissioner for Justice Freedom and Security, who says the technology may violate EU human rights guarantees.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 282 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: how data breach cost uk companies comments Discuss  
Financial services suffer mostData breaches cost UK companies an average of £47 for every record lost.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 282 days ago
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/25/data_breach_real_cost/By John OatesThe Register25th February 2008Data breaches cost UK companies an average of 47 for every record lost.This means the average cost to a company which suffers a data breach is 1.4m. The Ponemon Institute isn't pulling these figures out of the ether- it talked to 21 UK companies about how much actual data breaches cost them.>From a total of 47 per record, the cost from lost business in the wake of a data disaster is 36 per cent or 17 read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 275 days ago
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http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200803010561By Andrew ClevengerStaff writerThe Charleston GazetteMarch 2, 2008A Charleston lawyer could be suspended from the State Bar after admitting that he accessed another law firm's computer system because he suspected his wife was having an affair.According to a brief filed with the state Supreme Court by the Bar's Lawyer Disciplinary Board, Michael P. Markins repeatedly accessed e-mail accounts at Offutt, Fisher and Nord, where his wife, Andrea N. Markins, worked a read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 274 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: ftc settles breach complaint student lender comments Discuss  
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled a complaint against student lender Goal Financial after allegations that the company failed to safeguard personal data. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 266 days ago
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http://www.crn.com/security/206902848By Stefanie HoffmanChannelWebMarch 10, 2008MTV Networks might still be reeling after the leakage of 5,000 confidential files containing personal and sensitive employee information were illegally accessed by an individual outside the company. But experts say that the incident might prompt companies to reevaluate data loss protection capabilities throughout their networks.The security breach occurred when data was compromised over an Internet connection on an employee's c read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 260 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: hannaford breach presage trend comments Discuss  
The Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain said Monday that a breach of its computer systems may have given criminals access to more than four million credit and debit cards issued by nearly 70 banks nationwide. While the banks appear all but ready to blame Hannaford for failing to follow payment card industry standards on security, there are signs that this may be the first of many cases to surface this year wherein the affected retailer was...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 259 days ago
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http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/230176By Andrea KellyArizona Daily Star03.18.2008The Arizona secretary of state says Pima County has been allowing a "fundamental security breach" by letting party officials take home ballots during required testing before elections.Recent testimony at the Legislature from Libertarian and Democratic party representatives indicated ballots were taken "off-site" by the parties during "logic and accuracy" testing of vote-counting machines, Secretary read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 259 days ago
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An analyst says that it will be important to find out whether the supermarket chain was PCI-compliant....Win a Dell XPS Ultra-Portable Notebook Free Registration to Insight24 Provides Access to Over 5,000 B2B Webcasts and Videos. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 257 days ago
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http://www.news.com/8301-10789_3-9898417-57.htmlBy Robert VamosDefense in DepthMarch 19, 2008Details remain sketchy regarding Monday's announcement of 4.2 million credit card and debit cards exposed at a Maine-based supermarket chain. However, public comments made by Ronald Hodge, CEO of Hannaford Supermarkets, suggest that even with recent improvements in payment card transaction security, there may be holes.The standards organization, PCI Security Standards International, was founded by American Express, read more »
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