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Lost Bank of Ireland laptops affect roughly 10,000 customers

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2008-04-22 09:35:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...histories Breach Description DUBLIN--Four laptop computers stolen from one of Ireland's largest commercial banks contain the unencrypted details of some 10,000 customers, the bank said on Tuesday Reference URL Bank of Ireland The Associate Press via International Herald Tribune Agence France-Presse via Inquirer.net Report Credit Data...
 
Tags: bank, customers, information security, information, ireland, confidential information, ireland life option, ireland life, bank account details
 
 
 
 
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Fish, Subprime Mortgages, and Data Storage

2007-11-02 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...Histories , Herodotus tells the story of Polykrates, overlord of the island of Samos. The king of Egypt counseled Polykrates to throw away some possession of great value, lest a surplus of good fortune bring him tragedy. Heeding this advice, Polykrates pitched his most prized possession, an emerald ring, into the sea. Several days later, a...
 
Tags: fish, herodotus tells, herodotus, story, possession, parable, tragedy, emerald, island
 
 
 
 
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After criticism, Sears plugs Web site's privacy hole

2008-01-04 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Sears Holdings has taken part of its Managemyhome.com Web site offline following revelations that the site was making customers' purchasing histories publicly available
 
Tags: site, web site offline, histories publicly, sears holdings, revelations, customers, managemyhome
 
 
 
 
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Sears puts customers' buying histories on the Web

2008-01-04 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Sears Holdings has come under fire from privacy advocates for making the purchase history of its customers publicly available on its Managemyhome.com Web site
 
Tags: purchase history, sears holdings, web site, customers publicly, fire, privacy, managemyhome
 
 
 
 
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Ask.com hits back against AskEraser critics, finds ally

2008-01-25 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b6f0c8 in Network World on Security
 
...histories of Web users Protecting the Enterprise Network Through Web Security Advertisement New focus is being placed on securing Web-based threats
 
Tags: federal trade commission, engine vendor, web security, privacy advocacy, enterprise network, web users, askeraser, advertisement, complaint
 
 
 
 
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Fear of Internet Predators Largely Unfounded

2008-02-26 06:30:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...histories of sexual abuse, sexual orientation concerns and patterns of off- and online risk-taking are especially at risk In January, I said this : ...there isn't really any problem with child predators -- just a tiny handful of highly publicized stories -- on MySpace. It's just security theater against a movie-plot threat. But we humans have...
 
Tags: internet, internet predators, internet predators represent, predators, sex crimes, sex, child, child predators, internet predators trick
 
 
 
 
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Irish jobs site compromised and personal information accessed

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2008-03-31 10:13:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...histories and other personal information Breach Description A security breach occurred on job-seekers site Jobs.ie late on Thursday 27 March, when what the company described as a small number of CVs were illegally downloaded by a third-party that hacked the site and gained access to the database Reference URL Jobs.ie Important Notice...
 
Tags: jobs, information, personal information, job-seekers site jobs, site, identity, identity theft, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Privacy advocates: Court posting personal data in documents

2008-05-02 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b01d68 in Network World on Security
 
Privacy advocates claim that Social Security numbers, medical histories, tax records, bank account data and other sensitive types of personal data are freely available online via the Web site of the Superior Court in California's Riverside County
 
Tags: personal data, bank account data, sensitive types, riverside county, medical histories, superior court, social security, web site, tax records
 
 
 
 
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UltimateBet cheating goes undetected for almost 21 months

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2008-06-04 10:55:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...histories and game data, thorough analyses of software and network security, and audits of its security practices and procedures The investigation has concluded that certain player accounts did in fact have an unfair advantage, and that these accounts targeted the highest limit games on the site. The individuals responsible were found to...
 
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Lost Virgin Media CD contains customer information

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2008-06-23 18:33:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog