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Petroleum Wholesale charged with exposing customers

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2008-06-22 21:58:23 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Wholesale, L. P Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Customers Number Affected Unknown Types of Data sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, and credit or debit card information Breach Description HOUSTON -- Petroleum Wholesale, which operated Sunmart Travel Centers and Convenience...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, petroleum wholesale, information, company, company improperly, improperly, debit card information, debit card
 
 
 
 
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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
...Wholesale Club Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Participants in the BJs tuition reimbursement program Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Names and Social Security numbers Breach Description A mobile device used by a BJs employee containing sensitive personal information belonging to participants in the BJs tuition...
 
Tags: breach description, breach, bjs wholesale club, security breach, wholesale club, sensitive personal information, personal information, security, security practices
 
 
 
 
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Show 009 - An Interview with Bruce Schneier

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2006-12-14 11:45:53 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...wholesale surveillance and security theater. They also discuss patch Tuesday, hack Wednesday, and Microsofts approach to software security Bruces Wikipedia entry Bruces books Bruces recent restaurant reviews Counterpane Crypto-Gram security podcast Property Rights Management - Ed Feltens discussion of PRM, mentioned on the show Copyright...
 
Tags: security, security theater, software security, crypto-gram security podcast, bruce, computer security, physical security, property rights management, bruces wikipedia entry
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Post Office to Enable Wholesale Surveillance of Mail

2008-02-21 06:26:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
The post office is launching a new barcode on first class mail that will enable the sender to track mail through the system : With the new bar code, companies will be able to track mail delivery and know when their customers got a bill, solicitation or product, and the Postal Service will have another way of checking that mail is being delivered...
 
Tags: mail, sends mail, track mail delivery, class mail, post office, track mail, customers respond, customers, news article
 
 
 
 
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Air France Begins In-Flight Voice Trial

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2008-04-02 13:32:53 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Air France starts allowing phone calls in flight: Air France's single OnAir-equipped A318 has entered its next phase. Passengers can place and receive voice calls during flights. The first three months of this test involved only text messaging and mobile email; this phase will last three months, although earlier, both OnAir (the satellite-backed...
 
Tags: air france, air france starts, receive voice calls, onair, recent steep decline, onair sets, mobile email, carriers set, phase
 
 
 
 
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EarthLink Shutters New Orleans, Staunches Own Losses

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2008-04-25 15:52:07 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
The Big Easy gets a big loss with EarthLink's pullout: InformationWeek reports that EarthLink attempted to sell the network, get the city to buy it, and then to simply give the network (and its obligations) away, but had no takers on any front EarthLink announced its most recent quarter's earnings a few days ago, and they managed to turn a GAAP...
 
Tags: earthlink, slightly lower churn, slightly, lower, loss, increasingly poor access, earnings, drop, noticeable drop
 
 
 
 
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Wayport Tops 10,000 McDonald's Locations

2008-04-29 09:25:32 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...wholesale pricing for hotspot aggregators; the firm seemed about to be eclipsed by apparently deep-pocketed Cometa (with AT&T, IBM, and Intel in various capital and support roles), Toshiba's mom-and-pop focused turnkey system, and T-Mobile, which had the Starbucks contract. What a difference a year makes Cometa, Toshiba, and Wayport contended...
 
Tags: wayport, wi-fi, comprehensive wi-fi plan, local wi-fi network, att service, service, wayport offers, network, wayport caches
 
 
 
 
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BART-Fi Moves Closer: Negotiation Under Way

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2008-05-23 15:18:12 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...wholesale rates, and I expect aggregators like iPass (based in the Bay Area) and Boingo (further south in Santa Monica) will leap at reselling BART service, just as they do ferry-Fi here in the greater Puget Sound region The first route to be unwired will run from Balboa Park in San Francisco to two ends of a Y in Oakland, Lake Merritt and...
 
Tags: bart, wifi rail, bart service, wi-fi, municipal wi-fi, californian bart riders, continuous wi-fi service, commuters, regular business commuters
 
 
 
 
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Analysis: Cotton Traders Hack A Warning For Business

2008-06-17 10:39:03 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...wholesale operation and a network of stores. Its turnover now exceeds 50 million. It is not involved in high finance or technology; nor is it an e-commerce pure play. It is typical of thousands of companies around the country that have used the internet to expand their sales, with some success. Its website is clean, simple and easy to use,...
 
Tags: business, cotton traders, mail-order business, company maintains, company, british business, sales, article link, security breach
 
 
 
 
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So, CAN We Have DLP?

2008-06-20 16:59:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...wholesale data theft" and amateur "employee hackers" probably account for 10x (100x?) more damage (in direct losses, brand damage, embarrassment and - yes! - non-compliance fines AND loss frequency) than "uber-hackers" (who might indeed go thru your DLP box like hot knife thru butter.) And if an advanced DLP box does one day stop some...
 
Tags: dlp, cutting-edge dlp technologies, dlp technology, dlp box, leak prevention, leak, non-malicious leaks, leaks, loss