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Personal information stolen from State Street mystery vendor

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2008-06-03 11:28:32 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...precautionary notifications to employees and some customers of the former Investors Financial Services Corp. (IBT) that computer equipment containing certain personal data was stolen from a vendors facility Evan] So this vendor relationship is probably governed by a vendor/third-party security policy and supporting documentation and...
 
Tags: information, personal information, street, legacy ibt customers, ibt, street corp, customers, information protection strategies, data
 
 
 
 
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Laptop containing personal information is stolen from U.S. Foodservice

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2008-07-07 23:35:13 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...precautionary measure, we are making several services available at the Company's expense, free of charge to you, to assist you in protecting your identity Evan] A true "precautionary measure" might have been restricting confidential information storage on laptops (and other mobile media) or encryption Although at this point we have no...
 
Tags: information, personal information, confidential information, protect information, information security policies, usf, usf policies, policies, security
 
 
 
 
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Flash XSS And Remediation Steps

2008-01-03 00:48:56 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...precautionary steps to protect yourself. Its nice to see Adobe taking this seriously and working so quickly. I certainly wasnt expecting a phone call - way to go guys
 
Tags: flash, flash player, flash player bulletin, flash vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, adobe, complete solution, secure flash development, solution
 
 
 
 
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Hard drive stolen from New Mexico State University was encrypted

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2008-01-07 09:50:57 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...precautionary measure Safety is our concern, no question," Breckner said Commentary It is refreshing to read about a breach that may not even be a breach because of the use of encryption. If key management was sufficient, then I agree with the school's assessment that in all likelihood the data is safe Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: hard drive, external hard drive, information, personal information, employee information, computer hard drive, employee, employee hired, special events
 
 
 
 
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To Remove the Worse You Need the Best

2007-08-01 19:25:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...precautionary measures yourselves to stay free from spyware and adware attacks. First you need to disable auto installation of software programs in your internet browsers and you need use pop-up blockers and firewall protection This is your first line of defense against such spyware programs. The next thing to do is to get decent...
 
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Adware and Spyware Such a Pain

2007-08-01 19:17:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...precautionary measures yourselves to stay free from spyware and adware attacks. First you need to disable auto installation of software programs in your internet browsers and you need use pop-up blockers and firewall protection This is your first line of defense against such spyware programs. The next thing to do is to get decent...
 
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BJs Wholesale Club's noble intentions

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2008-02-10 23:07:10 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...precautionary measures to assist you in protecting your personal information BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. is making arrangements to provide you with one year of credit monitoring at no cost to you As we review this incident, we are evaluating our policies and procedures to strengthen and reinforce our security practices pertaining to the use...
 
Tags: breach description, breach, bjs wholesale club, security breach, wholesale club, sensitive personal information, personal information, security, security practices
 
 
 
 
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Customers of 14 Advance Auto Parts stores are victims of intrusion

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2008-03-31 21:45:18 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...precautionary measure, the Company has also started sending letters directly to the impacted customers whom it has been able to identify. Customers who purchased products in the 14 stores and who do not receive a letter can call the toll-free number listed below to determine if they have been impacted Advance is also working with the...
 
Tags: advance auto, advance, confidential financial information, information, financial information, stores, information security, customers, account information
 
 
 
 
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Stolen Griffin Electric laptop exposes employee information

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2008-04-11 11:40:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...precautionary advisory The purpose of this letter is to make you aware of this incident so that you can take steps to protect yourself, minimize the possibility of misuse of your information and mitigate any harm that could result Evan] It is a shared responsibility of the data owner (victim) and the data custodian (company) to "take steps...
 
Tags: information, personal medical information, personal information, confidential information, data, information security professionals, data owner, data encryption products, data custodian
 
 
 
 
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Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics employees at risk from stolen laptop

2008-04-16 15:47:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...precautionary advisory The purpose of this letter is to make you aware of this incident so that you can take steps to protect yourself, minimize the possibility of misuse of your information and mitigate any harm that could result Based on what we know to date, we are not aware of any specific cases of misuse of personal information...
 
Tags: company, company laptop computer, current data privacy, data, siemens, breach description, breach, siemens healthcare diagnostics, security breach