Your security is in danger
This is like a bad soap opera. As I have mentioned before, on more than one occassion, regardless of how diligent we are with our PC and personal security, we have no option but to supply our personal information to other organisations. We are then exposed, as we [sadly] see more and more stories of corporate negligence with our information.
Local authorities should conduct a risk assessment before sharing personal data with other public bodies. Sharing can be legitimate, but only when the benefits and risks have been weighed up.
The European Commission is to consider new identity fraud legislation in order to boost the fight against cyber crime. Australia and the USA are already littered with laws that are meant to deter not only this type of crime, but also spam [that one's working well] and other forms of cyber crime.
Germany has just passed antihacking law. Now most of us already realise that legislation does not stop any sort of crime. It just increases the penalty.
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register.com customers' credit cards compromised
Big hosting and domain name firm register.com sent an email to its customers saying a notebook containing credit card information was stolen.
Read the article HERE.
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UK database theft hurts customers
Cable & Wireless has served an injunction against a former executive following the theft of a 100,000 customer database, the BBC has learned.
Read the article HERE.
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DOT Security Breach Affects 25,000 Employees
A computer server holding the names and Social Security numbers of about 25,000 North Carolina Department of Transportation employees, contractors and other state employees had a security breach, officials announced Friday.
Read the article HERE.
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Medical records found in trash
Medical waste, including medical records, was piled several feet high outside a Rockwood doctor's office on Thursday. The records contained personal information such as names, addresses and Social Security numbers that could patients at risk of identity theft.
Read the article HERE.
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Energy reports losing 1,400 laptops
The [US] Energy Department notified Congress yesterday that it has lost 1,427 laptop PCs over the past six years. The department said none of the laptops contained classified information. Nine of the laptops used encryption software. None of the individuals whom the missing laptops were issued to received disciplinary actions for the misplacement of the laptops.
Read the article HERE.
Local authorities should conduct a risk assessment before sharing personal data with other public bodies. Sharing can be legitimate, but only when the benefits and risks have been weighed up.
The European Commission is to consider new identity fraud legislation in order to boost the fight against cyber crime. Australia and the USA are already littered with laws that are meant to deter not only this type of crime, but also spam [that one's working well] and other forms of cyber crime.
Germany has just passed antihacking law. Now most of us already realise that legislation does not stop any sort of crime. It just increases the penalty.
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register.com customers' credit cards compromised
Big hosting and domain name firm register.com sent an email to its customers saying a notebook containing credit card information was stolen.
Read the article HERE.
==============================================
UK database theft hurts customers
Cable & Wireless has served an injunction against a former executive following the theft of a 100,000 customer database, the BBC has learned.
Read the article HERE.
==============================================
DOT Security Breach Affects 25,000 Employees
A computer server holding the names and Social Security numbers of about 25,000 North Carolina Department of Transportation employees, contractors and other state employees had a security breach, officials announced Friday.
Read the article HERE.
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Medical records found in trash
Medical waste, including medical records, was piled several feet high outside a Rockwood doctor's office on Thursday. The records contained personal information such as names, addresses and Social Security numbers that could patients at risk of identity theft.
Read the article HERE.
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Energy reports losing 1,400 laptops
The [US] Energy Department notified Congress yesterday that it has lost 1,427 laptop PCs over the past six years. The department said none of the laptops contained classified information. Nine of the laptops used encryption software. None of the individuals whom the missing laptops were issued to received disciplinary actions for the misplacement of the laptops.
Read the article HERE.
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