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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 899 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: ftc lists s consumer frauds comments Discuss  
Internet still a den of thievesFor the seventh year in a row, identity theft is the number one complaint reported to the US Federal Trade Commission.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 887 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: computer financing firms settle ftc charges comments Discuss  
Two related companies that offer to finance the purchase of PCs to consumers with poor credit ratings have agreed to pay up to $5 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint that they violated a federal lending law and sometimes failed to deliver the computers, the FTC said. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 883 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: ftc data telcos banks targets id theft comments Discuss  
Compromised accounts within just 25 companies account for nearly half of the identity theft complaints filed with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, according to recently released FTC data compiled by the University of California, Berkeley. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 879 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 854 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: tjx ftc settle charges data breach case comments Discuss  
The company agrees to strengthen security measures on its computer network after hackers stole thousands of credit card numbers....Go beyond knowing technology and manage it Get a Master of Science in Technology Management online. Enroll with National University today. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 794 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: ftc halts pretexting operation connected hewlettpackard comments Discuss  
A U.S. judge ordered a Florida business connected to the 2006 Hewlett-Packard spying scandal to halt the sale of personal telephone records and ordered defendants in the case to pay more than $605,000 after a complaint by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 785 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: update ftc opens antitrust investigation intel comments Discuss  
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an antitrust investigation into chip maker Intel, the agency and Intel said Friday. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 778 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: ftc hit spyware guys hurts comments Discuss  
Calls on Senate for civil penaltiesThe Federal Trade Commission told a US Senate committee it could bring new vigor to the fight against spyware by making spyware purveyors pay civil penalties.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 647 days ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: fbi ftc scammers spammers comments Discuss  
I was traveling to speak at a couple of conferences most of the past week, so I missed out on covering some of the bigger cyber-security justice developments to come in a long while: The FBI announced it has busted up an online bazaar for cyber thieves, working with international authorities to nab at least 56 people suspected of buying and selling stolen personal and financial data. In other news, the Federal Trade Commission convinced...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 540 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: geekscom settles ftc charges comments Discuss  
Following a 2007 hack using Structured Query Language injection attacks that ultimately exposed the sensitive data of hundreds of customers, Geeks.com agrees with Federal Trade Commission that the online retailer of computer goods and other consumer electronics failed to provide reasonable security. - Geeks.com agreed Feb. 5 to settle with the Federal TradeCommission charges stemming from a 2007 data breach at the onlineretailer of computer goods and other consumer electronics. During thebreach, hackers read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 519 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn sec ftc investigating heartland data theft comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:03:04 -0600 (CST)http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/160264/sec_ftc_investigating_heartland_after_data_theft.htmlBy Robert McMillanIDG News ServiceFebruary 25, 2009Federal agencies, including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, have begun investigating Heartland Payment Systems following a massive data breach at the payment processing company.Company President and Chief Financial O read more »
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