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Williamson County Schools learns of breach reported nine months ago

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2008-07-13 00:12:01 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...months before the victims were ever made aware Yesterday afternoon, the Liberty Coalition was able to provide the names of the students affected Our investigation indicates that the student information was posted on a private website created by Mr. Nugent sometime during the month of August, 2007 On August 28, 2007, the Liberty Coalition...
 
Tags: school, school students, schools, williamson county schools, williamson county, county, breach, school authorities, school district
 
 
 
 
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Missing memory stick turns up five months later

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2008-01-23 16:44:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...months Health bosses have launched an investigation Most of the patients listed have diabetes and were part of a trial in preparation for a scheme providing eye tests for more than 10,000 people across Greater Manchester The data stick contains encryption software but this had not been activated, meaning anyone could access the...
 
Tags: information security, information, information security assessments, memory stick, security, specsaver diabetic patients, patients, computer memory stick, manchester patients
 
 
 
 
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Seattle man gets 51 months in jail in ID theft case

2008-03-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473034 in Network World on Security
 
Gregory Kopiloff, a Seattle man who pleaded guilty last November to stealing identity information over peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison
 
Tags: gregory kopiloff, seattle, identity information, months, prison, networks, guilty, peer-to-peer, november
 
 
 
 
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ISO confirms approval of OOXML, gives two months to appeal

2008-04-02 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The International Organization for Standardization announced that its members have approved a draft standard based on Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, and gave its members two months to appeal
 
Tags: draft standard based, xml document format, appeal, months, international organization, office, standardization, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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10 things learnt in the last 12 months

2008-03-31 04:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...months, and here are ten things that I'll share with you. 1. Never assume anything. The first rule is: if you don't check then it hasn't been done. 2. If you are communicating with individuals across five different continents then expect the same message to be interpreted in five different ways. 3. You have two ears and one mouth so talk half...
 
Tags: information security director, information security, information, security, security program, previous twelve months, risks, discuss risks, business
 
 
 
 
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Conn. man gets 30 months in prison for 'warez' operation

2008-04-30 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A Woodbury, Conn., man is sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in Web sites selling unauthorized copies of movies, music and software
 
Tags: web sites, prison, conn, months, copies, software, woodbury, music, role
 
 
 
 
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U.S. man gets 30 months in prison for 'warez' operation

2008-04-30 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A Woodbury, Connecticut, man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for operating Web sites where users could download unauthorized copies of movies, music and software titles, the U.S. Department of Justice announced
 
Tags: web sites, prison, software titles, months, department, copies, users, connecticut, woodbury
 
 
 
 
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Nigerian gets 18 months for cyber attack on NASA employee

2008-05-01 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A Nigerian man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for infecting the computer of a NASA worker with malware and stealing personal information
 
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Nigerian gets 18 months for cyberattack on NASA employee

2008-05-01 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b7cc28 in Network World on Security
 
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for wooing a NASA employee so he could sneak malware onto her work computer and steal passwords, banking information and 25,000 screen shots
 
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