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'I have a lost laptop horror story for you'

2008-07-01 00:00:00 by Paul McNamara in Network World on Security
 
The devil of identity theft is in the details: Russ Jones tells a tale of woe that isn't particularly dramatic -- or rare -- and yet it's exactly the kind of story that worries me enough to ignore my better judgment and buy identity-theft protection from my insurance provider
 
Tags: russ jones tells, story, insurance provider, identity-theft protection, identity theft, devil, rare, judgment, ignore
 
 
 
 
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A Note Of Caution....

2008-07-23 12:45:25 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
...story We're not posting up any additional information at this time, because we don't want to cause a mass stampede by people to grab the files in question and start using them left, right and center until Myspace has had a chance to tackle the problem For now, we've passed on everything to Myspace and hopefully they'll be able to resolve...
 
Tags: additional information, myspace users, myspace, information, post sensitive information, nefarious individuals, mass stampede, third-party website, program
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Story 680News.com News Story The Globe and Mail News Story The Register News Story (UK - Good commentary Report Credit Kenyon Wallace, Globe and Mail (CA Response From the sources cited above A security flaw in Passport Canada's website has allowed easy access to the personal information - including social insurance numbers, dates of birth...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches
 
 
 
 
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Cashing in on employee theft, or honest whistleblower?

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2008-02-25 14:03:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...story Bloomberg.com online news story MarketWatch online news story Report Credit Chad Thomas, Bloomberg.com Response From the online sources cited above For LGT Group, all the facts now point - despite contradictory statements form sources said to be close to the German intelligence service - to the fact that the data material illegally...
 
Tags: confidential, confidential data, kieber, named heinrich kieber, lgt, lgt trust, data, confidential information, information
 
 
 
 
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Henry Ford and Agility (Once you are secured - whats next?)

2008-06-05 14:04:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...story and both get similar but different conclusions out of the story Andy basically relates the story of how Henry Ford lost out on market share because he was not prepared to make cars of different colours. He was basically so in the make it quick and cheap mindset that he would rather lose out to everyone else than change his beliefs You...
 
Tags: information security, information, henry ford, information security nirvana, henry ford lost, processes, tie processes, information flows, business
 
 
 
 
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Prediction for 2008: Service providers avoid straightforward DTV answers

2008-01-04 21:12:01 by Liudvikas Bukys in Liudvikas Bukys
 
...story is that over-the-air (OTA) analog goes away, replaced by OTA digital. For OTA consumers, its just a matter of getting an ATSC tuner (built-in to a newer TV, or standalone with a government-subsidizied coupon The part that is different for every locality and service provider: what to do with analog TVs on analog cable systems. For every...
 
Tags: ota, digital ota customer, analog, analog customers, analog ota reception, analog cable customers, analog cable systems, analog channels, cheap basic analog
 
 
 
 
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Geeks.com customer credit card data compromised

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2008-01-07 21:34:58 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Story Computerworld Story Report Credit The Consumerist Response From the online sources cited above The purpose of this letter is to notify you that Genica dba Geeks.com ("Genica") recently discovered on December 5, 2007 that customer information, including Visa credit card information, may have been compromised In particular, it is...
 
Tags: credit, credit card, card, geeks, credit reports, report credit, breach description, breach, apparent breach
 
 
 
 
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Five-year-old wanders into bank branch after-hours

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2008-02-06 10:24:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...story The Press online story Report Credit The Northern Echo Response From the online sources cited above Little Oliver was at the HSBC with mum, Alison, and dad Daniel, when the family visited the cash machine at Easingwold, North Yorkshire, on Saturday afternoon Mrs Pettigrew said: "We usually go into the bank and so Oliver just pushed...
 
Tags: bank, customers, bank customers, bank after-hours, branch, door malfunction, bank doors, malfunction, breach description
 
 
 
 
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Unattended Middle Tennessee State University laptop

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2008-02-14 11:59:07 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...story The Daily News Journal online story WTVF Channel 5 News online story Report Credit The Daily News Journal by way of Attrition.org www.attrition.org style="font-weight: bold;">Response From the online sources cited above an unknown person accessed a computer containing the names and Social Security numbers of about 1,500 past and...
 
Tags: university laptop, university, sensitive personal information, personal information, information, university computer, current students, computer, current
 
 
 
 
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Burglars make off with Crosslines Ministries files

2008-02-18 16:46:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...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 online sources cited above One of the largest aid agencies in Carthage was burglarized overnight Thursday night or Friday morning Carthage Police Detective Randee) Kaiser...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, store personal information, crosslines, crosslines ministries, information, security, store social security, backup information