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Happy SysAdmin Day! (Friday July 25 2008)

2008-07-25 21:10:02 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Today is SysAdmin Day, otherwise known System Administrator Appreciation Day. This "holiday" was first celebrated in 2000 and takes place annually on the last Friday in July. The goal, according to the SysAdmin Day website at sysadminday.com, it to give the guys and gals who maintain your computer network some love.. and perhaps some nifty gifties
 
Tags: sysadmin day, sysadmin day website, friday, july, nifty gifties, computer network, holiday, gals, sysadminday
 
 
 
 
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Security Supper Club Next Friday 22nd

2008-08-12 11:59:06 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
We are holding a security supper club next Friday at Belgo Centraal, Covent Garden. Belgian Beer, Steak Frites and security chat. It doesnt get better. Leave your cars at home and get the train. I have a table for 10 reserved and 3 definites (Bob, Yeomans and me). If you want to join us mail
 
Tags: security supper club, belgo centraal, belgian beer, friday, steak frites, security chat, yeomans, table, cars
 
 
 
 
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Jobs: iPhone 2.1 update due Friday, fixes 'lots of bugs'

2008-09-10 00:00:00 by HASH0x847348c in Network World on Security
 
Apple will release an iPhone update Friday that CEO Steve Jobs promised today "fixes lots of bugs," including the dropped call problem that's plagued users since July
 
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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
...Friday, after officials were made aware of the unauthorized access of Obama's records and a separate search was conducted Evan] Are we safe to assume that the unauthorized access to McCain and Clinton's passport files would have gone unnoticed without the discovery of the Obama access The incidents raise questions as to whether the...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees
 
 
 
 
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Pocono Mountain School District "irregularities"

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2008-06-02 12:36:33 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Friday District Superintendent Dwight Pfennig sent home letters on Friday afternoon telling parents about the apparent breach, which the district found out about the previous evening, according to Wendy Frable, director of public information Reference URL Pocono Mountain School District "Letter to Parents Pocono Record The Morning Call ...
 
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Burglars make off with Crosslines Ministries files

2008-02-18 16:46:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...Friday, February 15th 2008. Computer equipment and files containing sensitive personal information belonging to clients are missing Reference URL The Carthage Press online story The Carthage Press online story (updated The Joplin Globe online story KOAM-TV Channel 7 News story Report Credit John Hacker, The Carthage Press Response From the...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, store personal information, crosslines, crosslines ministries, information, security, store social security, backup information
 
 
 
 
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Binghamton University mistaken email exposes students

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2008-03-19 14:10:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Friday", 3/14/08 Reference URL BU Pipe Dream Press & Sun-Bulletin Report Credit John Hill, Press & Sun-Bulletin Response From the online sources cited above One wrong move has left more than 300 School of Management students vulnerable to identity theft. An e-mail containing the names, Social Security numbers and grade point averages of...
 
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Did the Rent-a-Center manager knowingly expose personal information?

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2008-05-12 15:05:33 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Friday morning In the files were photocopies of Social Security cards and driver's licenses, credit card numbers, home addresses and phone numbers of people who leased furniture, TVs and appliances from RentWay A Manatee Sheriff's deputy arrived at about 10:30 a.m. and called workers from Rent-A-Center, which acquired RentWay in 2006, to...
 
Tags: store manager, store, store dumpster, rent-a-center store, rent-a-center, security, rent-a-center store manager, social security cards, rent-a-center employees
 
 
 
 
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Duke School of Law breach affects 3,200

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2007-12-06 11:37:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Friday, it appeared that we had removed the unauthorized content, and we reposted the web site Comfyllama] Ugh. Thursday afternoon until Friday was all it took to re-certify the site? Doesn't seem like a good incident response. If a site is compromised, it is usually a better practice to replace it with a new rebuilt server so that the...
 
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Highly sensitive medical information found in the road

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2008-01-10 14:11:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Friday January 4th, 2008 a motorbike bag was discovered in the street near the Kingston Hospital. The bag held hundreds of documents containing sensitive medical information belonging to a variety of patients Reference URL BBC News Story The Hastings Observer Story Report Credit BBC News Response From the online sources cited above ...
 
Tags: sensitive medical information, information, kingston hospital, hospital, test results, hepatitis test results, data protection breach, breach, kingston hospital spokeswoman