LOST JUMP DRIVE CONTAINS COOPER UNIVERSITY RESIDENTS’ PERSONAL DATA
CAMDEN, N.J. – July 27, 2010 (WPVI) — A thumb drive that contained personal data about current and past graduate…
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COMPANY ADMITS TO SELLING CUSTOMERS’ PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR $5.7 MILLION
A Hong Kong’s company has admitted to selling its customers’ personal information since January 2006. The company, Octopus Holdings, pocketed $5.7 million from…
Read More →HOSPITAL BEGINS TO NOTIFY 21,000 PATIENTS ABOUT STOLEN LAPTOP
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia notified 21,000 patients that a laptop computer containing their unencrypted personal data including names,…
Read More →DATA BREACH REPORT SAYS BREACHES DOWN, INSIDER THREAT UP
The number of records compromised in major data breaches dropped sharply last year, according to a new study being issued…
Read More →SOLDIER CHARGED WITH LEAKING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
The Wall Street Journal is reporting Military investigators are checking computers used by Bradley Manning. The U.S. Army intelligence analyst, Pfc….
Read More →WIKILEAKS ANNOUNCES 90,000 CLASSIFIED AFGHAN WAR DOCS LEAKED
Wikileaks announced the publication of more than 90,000 U.S. military classified documents dealing with the Afghan war. The Afghanistan leaked…
Read More →EMPLOYERS STRUGGLE TO KEEP EMPLOYEES’ MOBILE DEVICES SECURE
With the rise of personal mobile devices, a growing number of enterprises have scrapped the homogeneity mandate: instead of requiring…
Read More →DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SAYS NEED SEARCH ENGINE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
Defense Intelligence Undersecretary James Clapper impressed lawmakers during his confirmation hearing to become director of national intelligence (DNI) Tuesday, while…
Read More →MARYLAND DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES EMPLOYEE POSTS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON WEBSITE
A Maryland Department of Human Resources employee was placed on administrative leave after posting the Social Security numbers and other…
Read More →HOSPITAL BACK UP TAPES LOST – CONTAINED 800,000 PATIENTS PERSONAL INFORMATION
BOSTON — Back-up computer files containing personal, health and financial information of thousands affiliated with South Shore Hospital may have…
Read More →DATA SECURITY SPECIALISTS DUPED BY FEMME FATALE
Robin Sage, according to her profiles on Facebook and other social-networking websites, was an attractive, flirtatious 25-year-old woman working as…
Read More →THEPIRATEBAY.ORG DATA LOSS EXPOSES MILLIONS OF USERS PERSONAL INFORMATION
Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of…
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