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UW data breach, 60k compromised
Posted on December 27th, 2010 No commentsThe University of Wisconsin sent out letters to roughly 60,000 students and staff, warning that hackers had managed to breach a campus ID database containing names, social security numbers and other sensitive information, reports the eSecurity Planet.
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Ind. AG sues WellPoint for $300K over data breach
Posted on November 3rd, 2010 No commentsThe Indiana attorney general’s office is suing health insurance giant WellPoint Inc.
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Senate Panel Clears Data Breach Bills
Posted on November 6th, 2009 No commentsLegislation Heads for a Senate VoteThe Senate Judiciary Committee approved two companion bill that would require businesses and government agencies to notify individuals of security breaches involving their sensitive personally identifiable information.
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Americans willing to scan thumbprints, eyes for cybersecurity
Posted on October 26th, 2009 No commentsAmericans are willing to have their thumbprints and eyeballs scanned to keep cybercriminals from stealing their sensitive data, according to survey results released this week.
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Protection is ALWAYS better than cure
Posted on September 30th, 2009 No commentsData Loss Prevention (DLP) has made it to the top spot of the worldwide TheInfoPro™ Information Security priority list. In certain countries across the globe, the key driver for this is mandatory data breach disclosure laws that impose fines on non-compliant companies.
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University data breach exposes 163,000 women to identity theft
Posted on September 30th, 2009 No commentsThe women were participating in a mammography study conducted by the UNC School of Medicine. The breach could date as far back as 2007, and has exposed Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other sensitive information on the study participants, according to a report in the Charlotte, NC-based The News & Observer.
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Abandoned business records can’t be destroyed
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 No commentsEvery year, businesses go under and disappear, leaving behind boxes of transaction records, Social Security numbers and other sensitive information that could lead to identity theft and other forms of fraud. Landlords and owners of storage companies, who tend to get stuck holding these records, have no legal way to dispose of them…
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IRS lax in destroying sensitive tax papers – report
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 No commentsWASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – Sensitive documents about U.S. taxpayers were found in trash outside all Internal Revenue Service sites visited in a investigation, putting the people at risk of identity
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