The recent hacking of Gawker Media’s servers and subsequent release of nearly one and one-half million user names, email addresses and passwords has put a new spotlight on two particular brands of web users: The One Password User and The Terrible Password User.
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Data Theft
Emerging Employee/Employer Tensions in the Facebook Era
With the ever-growing popularity of social networking sites, and with so many employees exercising poor judgment online, it’s easy to understand why employers are concerned about the messages and …
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Tony Soprano Goes Into the Business of Stealing Personal Information
Organized crime has been known as a group responsible for trading in stolen, personally identifiable information. The recent 2010 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report reports that organized criminals were responsible for 85% of all data breaches caused by external agents. As a whole, data breaches caused by external agents comprise 70% of all data breaches, and 98% of all record compromised. Statistics, analysis and recommendations pepper the 66-page report.
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Latest TJX Breach Lesson: Crime Does Not Pay
A co-conspirator in the TJX breach, Humza Zaman, saw the next 46 months of his life laid out before him in Boston yesterday, as he was sentenced in federal court for his role in the TJX breach. He was also fined $75,000.
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Aetna Wins Dismissal on “Increased Risk of Identity Theft” Damages Sought for Class Action
Judge Legrome D. Davis of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an amended order on March 9th (amended from March 8th) dismissing a recent case seeking speculative damages arising from a data breach of Aetna’s job application web site.
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HSBC Reports Information of 24,000 Account Holders Stolen
The AP is reporting that Customers having Swiss bank accounts with HSBC between late 2006 and early 2007 had their account information stolen by a former IT employee of an HSBC. CBS News, also publishing an AP report, is stating that the number is 15,000 customers, although the 24,000 number appears to be a later publication time. Customers affected are worldwide in scope.
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Data Breaches Worse Than Thought
There is a very interesting article posted at Nextgov.com regarding major data breaches and thefts. The article can be found here.
The author, quoting James Lewis, director of the…
Stolen Personal Data Continues to be Lucrative
Symantec Corp. has released its Internet Security Threat Report Volume XIV, and the news is excellent for thieves of personal information. Symantec reports that the income received by sellers…
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