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Many employees careless about sensitive data outside workplace
Posted on December 7th, 2010 No commentsTwo-thirds of employees expose sensitive data outside the workplace… This data includes highly sensitive information such as customer credit card numbers, customer Social Security numbers, patient medical information, and internal corporate financial information.
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ID theft getting harder to stop
Posted on September 18th, 2009 No commentsWhatever tools an identity thief is using, whether Dumpster diving for individual credit card numbers, or stealing identities by the millions — “the damage that you can do to someone is exactly the same,” said Wayne Ivey, a Florida law enforcement officer who has specialized in identity theft investigations for more than 15 years. But this rapidly evolving crime is becoming more difficult to stop, Ivey said: Only one in 700 identity thieves is ever arrested.
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Practices must have plans for handling health data breaches
Posted on September 14th, 2009 No commentsTime is running out for physicians to comply with notification requirements that go into effect Sept. 23.
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Accused Superhacker Pleads Guilty
Posted on September 14th, 2009 No commentsGonzalez admits helping to lead gang that stole some 40 million credit and debit card numbers
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New busts in global identity theft ring
Posted on September 1st, 2009 No commentsTwo members of an international cybergang, responsible for allegedly stealing 95,000 credit card numbers during a six-year period, were arraigned this week in New York.
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More than 60,000 websites hit by ‘trojan cocktail’
Posted on August 25th, 2009 No commentsA researcher has said the attack is similar to one used to steal credit and debit card numbers in a massive US breach last year.
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Hacker Indicted For Stealing 130 Million Credit Cards
Posted on August 17th, 2009 No commentsA Miami resident and two unnamed co-conspirators have been indicted for hacking major retailers and stealing credit card data.
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US says it busts largest-ever identity theft scheme – Boston.com
Posted on August 17th, 2009 No commentsNEW YORK—U.S. authorities announced what they believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted on Monday in a scheme in which more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen.
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U.S. Indicts 3 in Theft of 130 Million Bank Cards
Posted on August 17th, 2009 No commentsMore than 130 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen in what federal authorities believed to be the largest hacking and identify theft case ever prosecuted.
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Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 972890
Posted on July 6th, 2009 No comments(added July 6, 2009) A full-content feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom
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