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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 296 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: data thieves steal credit card data supermarket chain comments Discuss  
Data thieves broke into computers at supermarket chains Hannaford Brothers and Sweetbay, stealing an estimated 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers, Hannaford said Monday. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 296 days ago
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/Data-thieves-steal-credit-card-data-from-supermarket-chain_1.htmlBy Robert McMillanIDG News ServiceMarch 17, 2008Data thieves broke into computers at supermarket chains Hannaford Brothers and Sweetbay, stealing an estimated 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers, Hannaford said Monday."The stolen data was limited to credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates, and was illegally accessed from our computer systems during transmission of card authorizat read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 286 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: hannaford cc data thieves planted malware servers comments Discuss  
Other retailers may be vulnerableThe data breach at Hannaford, the US grocery chain, which enabled the theft of info on more than 4.2 million credit card accounts was caused by a sophisticated piece of malware that attackers installed in all the company's retail outlets.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 280 days ago
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Laptop tracking systems do work, and Absolute Software has a real-world example to add to its PR arsenal. The security tracking company's LoJack system has been used to catch alleged laptop thieves at a U.S. airport. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 101 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: mod prays raf disk thieves data savvy comments Discuss  
50,000 RAF IDs on unencrypted disksPersonal details of potentially all current and ex-RAF personnel and dependents were stored on three USB-connected storage drives which went missing from a Ministry of Defence establishment at Innsworth, Gloucestershire.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 70 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:02:28 -0600 (CST)http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/3799674.Colchester__Thieves_steal_MoD_computer/By Emily ParsonsGazette29th October 2008A MINISTRY of Defence laptop was stolen from a car in Colchester.Thieves smashed a window in a black Mitsubishi car, parked outside the married quarters at the barracks in Aisne Road.A laptop computer, owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), an army jacket and some personal items were stolen.A spokesm read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 37 days ago
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Absolute securityChip maker Intel, computer manufacturer Lenovo, and security-software publisher Absolute Software today announced a joint program to equip select Lenovo laptops with anti-theft technology.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 31 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:11:49 -0600 (CST)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/technology/internet/06security.htmlBy JOHN MARKOFFThe New York TimesDecember 5, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO - Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix it.Despite the efforts of the computer security industry and a half-decade struggle by Microsoft to protect its Windows operating system, malicious software is spreading faster than ever. The so-called malware surreptit read more »
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