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Fun Security Reading - 3

2008-05-15 14:11:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...individuals who were informed of a data security compromise involving their personal data have ceased doing business with the company that experienced the incident " (source here and more commentary here )? Well, same people who believe FBI/CSI surveys, I guess :-) UFO? Spoon bending? Santa Claus anyone NEWSFLASH!!!! Employees needs to be...
 
Tags: security, fun security, security efficiency, data security compromise, fun, security chasm, risk, people perceive risk, academic security
 
 
 
 
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Laptop is stolen from Pfizer independent contractor

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2008-04-06 15:57:23 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...individuals providing contract services Number Affected 800 Types of Data names and credit card numbers, as well as, in some instances, credit card expiration dates, home and/or business addresses, home and/or business and/or cell phone numbers, personal and/or business e-mail addresses, hotel loyalty program numbers and other travel and...
 
Tags: pfizer, 2nd pfizer breach, pfizer breach, evan pfizer, pfizer contractor, contractor, pfizer employees, laptop, time pfizer
 
 
 
 
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Stolen USinternetworking laptop affects hundreds of SPX employees

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2008-04-22 20:58:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...individuals" "We later received word from USi that an additional 74 individuals were affected by this incident Reference URL The New Hampshire State Attorney General breach notification Report Credit The New Hampshire State Attorney General Response From the online source cited above Please be advised that on March 25, 2008, we received...
 
Tags: information, personal information, store confidential information, confidential information, usi, usi deeply regrets, usi laptop, sensitive employee information, information security compliance
 
 
 
 
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Former employee exposes Purdue Pharma personal information

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2008-05-12 18:44:52 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...individuals employed by Purdue Pharma and its associated U.S. companies prior to December 31, 2003 and attempted to email some of the information on the disk to another person Reference URL The New Hampshire State Attorney General breach notification Report Credit The New Hampshire State Attorney General Response From the online source...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security professionals, purdue pharma, purdue, information confidentiality, employee information misuse, employee, original disk
 
 
 
 
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Oracle misplaces computer containing personal information

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2007-12-13 12:07:05 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...individuals has been used for any improper purpose Evan] If these people have been identified and notified, then they ARE affected, not "potentially affected We continue to work with our physical security team to search for the missing computer Evan] I assume Oracle has a pretty significantly-sized security presence Oracle is notifying...
 
Tags: personal information, oracle, information, sensitive personal information, assume oracle, oracle corporation recently, breach, hampshire breach notification, oracle public relations
 
 
 
 
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House committee issues report and finds fault with TSA web site

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2008-01-15 09:35:53 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...individuals used the insecure website, including at least 247 travelers who submitted large amounts of personal information through an insecure webpage TSA did not provide sufficient oversight of the website and the contractor The internal TSA investigation found that there were problems with the planning, development, and operation of the...
 
Tags: tsa, website, website contract, traveler redress website, tsa moved quickly, security breach, information security breach, security vulnerabilities, multiple security vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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The Naval Surface Warfare Center warns employees

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2008-01-16 09:51:41 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...individuals had been arrested in Bensalem Township, Pa., on Jan. 5, 2008, for attempted identity fraud police in Bensalem Township, Pa., outside Philadelphia, informed a Dahlgren employee that someone was about to use his credit card to buy a big-screen TV at Sears Evan] It adds a level of concern when it is known that the information is...
 
Tags: company data destruction, company data, employees personal information, personal information, destruction, information, information security, employees, employment information
 
 
 
 
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External hard drive stolen from Georgetown University

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2008-01-29 15:54:12 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...individuals, approximately 7,700 are current students from the Main, Medical and Law Center campuses, 26,000 are Georgetown alumni, and 600 are current or former faculty and staff, with the balance having a combination of multiple student, staff, or other affiliations At this time Georgetown has no evidence that personal data have been...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, georgetown, georgetown university, hard drive, information, georgetown alumni, personal data, data
 
 
 
 
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Nevada Department of Public Safety applicants exposed

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2008-03-07 10:20:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...individuals seeking jobs with the agency Reference URL KTVN Channel 2 News Las Vegas Review-Journal The Houston Chronicle Report Credit KTVN Channel 2 News Response From the online sources cited above Crown, Stanley and Silverman (CSS), a company contracted by The Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS), has lost personal background...
 
Tags: personal information, lost personal information, sensitive personal information, nevada, confidential personal information, information, nevada payroll information, nevada department, nevada dps
 
 
 
 
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Surveillance Best Practices

2008-03-13 09:09:10 by Jen Albornoz Mulligan in Security & Risk Management
 
...Individuals have the right to know who is watching them and why, what information is being captured, and what is being done with recorded images Give individuals access to information about themselves. This includes video images Educate camera operators on the obligation to protect the privacy of individuals Periodically evaluate the need for...
 
Tags: video surveillance, privacy, privacy impact assessment, reason, business reason, business, images, individuals access, privacy commissioner