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Omniquad data breach spurs fears of online business, says CIF

Posted on October 13th, 2010 admin No comments

The leak of consumer data, managed by network security provider Omniquad, has been held up as an example of the data breaches that undermine confidence in online business by the Cloud Industry Forum.

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Omniquad data breach spurs fears of online business, says CIF

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ChoicePoint Breach Exposed 13,750 Consumer Records

Posted on October 20th, 2009 admin No comments

ChoicePoint Inc., one of the nation’s consumer data brokers, agreed to pay $275,000 to federal regulators as a result of a data breach last year that exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information on 13,750 people. In 2006, ChoicePoint – now a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier Inc – paid $15 million to settle charges that it violated…

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ChoicePoint Breach Exposed 13,750 Consumer Records

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