An investigation carried out by Sky News uncovered severe abuses of trust in computer repair shops around London. Technicians purposely misdiagnosed a simple problem in order to charge more, while others rifled through or copied documents clearly marked as private. Sky News reporters took a brand-new laptop with Win... |
24 July 2009
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FBHive, a new blog that promises to deliver up-to-date news and information about all things Facebook, dropped a social networking bomb yesterday, by announcing a simple hack that allowed virtually anyone to view a Facebook user's basic profile information. The disclosure finally sent the network's security... |
23 June 2009
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A laptop containing the personal and banking details of 109,000 members of six of the Pensions Trust's 39 schemes was stolen from the offices of NorthgateArinso, a company contracted to develop pension administration software. The computer was password-protected, but the data itself was not encrypted. The Pensi... |
1 June 2009
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The British Mail on Sunday newspaper reports that it came into possession of a USB stick containing the source code of the government's Gateway system as well as personal details of some of the service's registered members. The USB stick was lost outside a pub in Cannock, Staffordshire, by an employee of At... |
3 November 2008
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According to The Register, a laptop belonging to the world renowned financial consulting firm Deloitte has been stolen. The laptop contained the personal and pension information of hundreds of thousands of workers employed by Deloitte's clients. Amongst the affected persons are UK railway workers and the entire ... |
13 October 2008
11:39 GMT |
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The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) has issued the final version of regulations that establish a standard for the protection of personal information stored in paper and electronic records by private businesses. Deval L. Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts, also signed an ... |
26 September 2008
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The police executed a bench warrant and arrested a 60-year-old man resident of Solana Beach, California. He is charged with computer intrusion and extortion and he is scheduled to appear in a federal court on October 31. Bruce Mengler is accused of hacking his way into a promotional website belonging to the US branch... |
24 September 2008
07:39 GMT |
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According to a survey conducted by Cyber-Ark Software among 300 IT security professionals, 88% of them would take sensitive information with them if they were to be fired from their jobs. Only the remaining 12% of them said that they would not take advantage of the security breaches made possible by the companies tha... |
28 August 2008
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A British newspaper reported about what it claims to be the biggest identity theft ever. According to the publication, personal information of over 8 million people is now at stake, as it has been intercepted by an Indian terrorist. Reporters say that the man gained access to a Best Western hotel and installed a troj... |
25 August 2008
12:10 GMT |
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A new anti-piracy tool called "Logistep Data Management Tool" was spotted parked a few days ago on the eparken domain name. Since it was noticed, the tool has been surprisingly taken offline. All the info points to the famous Logistep company that was tracking information on p2p users across Europe.Logistep is a comp... |
12 August 2008
11:19 GMT |
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Internet fraud has increased in the past months at an alarming rate and users generally think that installing a much praised anti-spyware security is achieved. Well, it may come to you as a surprise, but no matter how good an anti spyware is, your sensitive data is still at risk and as soon as a malevolent person get... |
10 April 2007
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