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Rampant FBI Abuse of Power Now Paperwork Free

2007-03-20 23:53:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...counsel directs agents to use better discretion and to ditch the paperwork Wasnt it the improper paperwork that led us to discover the FBI improperly obtained data? How does instructing agents to limit requests to the most dire situations, to not file follow-up paperwork (grand jury subpoena or national security letter), and to ask for the...
 
Tags: fbi, paperwork, fbi suspects, improper paperwork, data, receives data, fbi improperly, file follow-up paperwork, counsel directs agents
 
 
 
 
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205 University of Wisconsin employees exposed

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2008-01-21 14:44:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...counsel Nancy Lynch wrote that the university became aware of the problem on Nov. 26 Lynch wrote employees that their e-mail addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers were "inadvertently disclosed But Rust said the information did not constitute a security breach, since there was no indication that any unauthorized person --...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security vulnerabilities, social, include social security, security, identifiable information serves, information security personnel, computer shop
 
 
 
 
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Computers stolen from J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines

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2008-02-22 12:06:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...counsel when creating your incident response procedures to determine the best time to contact law enforcement We have worked to reconstruct the information stored on the stolen computers. We have determined that one of the computers contained information about participants in our Company ESOP, including the names, addresses, Social Security...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, lohr, lohr vineyards, information, employees, lohr employees, information security dollars, personnel information
 
 
 
 
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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Counsel Joseph diGenova said the firings of the contract employees will make the investigation more difficult because the inspector general can't compel them to talk Evan] We have ways of making you talk! Seriously though. With all the resources at the disposal of the United States government, do you really think that officials won't be able...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees
 
 
 
 
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Stolen account firm laptop contained personal information

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2008-04-28 09:50:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Counsel Jacki Haggerty said she had not received any reports from county employees of any unauthorized use of their information. Still, the incident will raise the level of awareness of possible breaches in the future, according to Haggerty I think its sobering,' she said. "You dont think about it until something like this happens. This is...
 
Tags: information, clients personal information, clients, personal information, specific information, store confidential information, client information, confidential information, personal information inside
 
 
 
 
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Hackers Holy Grail - Redefined by Microsoft

2008-04-29 16:53:42 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
...Counsel Brad Smith described its use to the 350 law-enforcement experts attending a company conference Monday The device contains 150 commands that can dramatically cut the time it takes to gather digital evidence, which is becoming more important in real-world crime, as well as cybercrime. It can decrypt passwords and analyze a computers...
 
Tags: holy grail, microsoft, hackers holy grail, black hat community, cybercrime underworld, cybercrime, computer, gather digital evidence, reverse engineer
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Has Developed Windows Forensic Analysis Tool for Police

2008-04-30 13:54:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Counsel Brad Smith described its use to the 350 law-enforcement experts attending a company conference Monday The device contains 150 commands that can dramatically cut the time it takes to gather digital evidence, which is becoming more important in real-world crime, as well as cybercrime. It can decrypt passwords and analyze a computer's...
 
Tags: microsoft, tool, tools, investigative tools, microsoft simply, off-the-shelf forensic tools, device, tool separately, usb device
 
 
 
 
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Thousands of Canadian Chrysler Financial customers at risk

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2008-04-30 22:04:34 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...counsel Brian Chillman informing them of the incident Chillman said the company has no reason to suspect that an unauthorized person has retrieved or is using the personal information Nonetheless, as a precautionary measure we are alerting you to this recent incident so that you may be watchful for signs of any possible misuse of you...
 
Tags: chrysler, chrysler financial spokeswoman, chrysler financial, lost tape, tape, chrysler financial claims, data tape, customers, tape drive
 
 
 
 
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LPL Financial reports eighteen compromised logons

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2008-05-20 08:56:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...counsel as needed on information privacy and security issues LPL Financial is providing affected individuals with credit protection services from Kroll, Inc If you have any questions or feel you have an identity theft issue, please call ID TheftSmart at 1-800-588-9839 between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), Monday through Friday If...
 
Tags: lpl financial, lpl, lpl financial recently, lpl recently, login information, information, information security governance, information privacy, data
 
 
 
 
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E-discovery error leads to loss of attorney-client privilege

2008-06-09 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b161d0 in Network World on Security
 
A federal judge in Maryland ruled late last month that a company being sued for copyright infringement waived attorney-client privilege for 165 documents accidentally disclosed to opposing counsel during the e-discovery process
 
Tags: attorney-client privilege, copyright infringement, maryland ruled, e-discovery process, federal judge, sued, documents, month, counsel