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Author: Dissent

Ah, less-than-sweet mysteries of life: when you can’t figure out if or how you were breached

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Dissent

How frustrating for everyone: St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore learned that 40 of its physicians had become victims of ID theft. Hapless victims had their names and Social Security numbers used to create wireless telephone accounts that they knew nothing about until they started receiving overdue notices from creditors. But despite its best efforts to…

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Hacktivism skews security trend analysis

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Dissent

The re-emergence of the hacktivist movement appears to have thrown a spanner in the works for those in the InfoSec industry charged with data breach trend analysis. There has been a series of massive data breaches over the last 16 months – each of which compromised more than a million identities. During the same time,…

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UK: Suffolk: Police officers resign after allegations of data protection breaches

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Dissent

Matt Gaw reports: Two  police officers have resigned and another two staff members sacked after allegations of data protection breaches at Suffolk Constabulary, it can be revealed. Force bosses said the unlawful use of personal or police information “would not be tolerated” after figures obtained by the East Anglian Daily Times showed 66 suspected cases…

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Aegon sent us details of rival advisers’ investors and its response was highly disappointing

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Dissent

John Taylor of Whitehall Partnership writes: Aegon, the insurance company recently transferred the personal details of around 35 clients to our firm due to an administrative error. This allowed us to see personal information of their customers over the internet and to the ability make changes to their investments. The error came to our attention…

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IA: Officials confirm credit and debit cards used at Pzazz casino compromised last year

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Dissent

Andy Hoffman reports: Officials at the Pzazz entertainment complex in Burlington have confirmed “computer hackers” breached security at their facility last year, resulting in dozens of credit card numbers being stolen. Rob Higgins, general manager of the complex, recently sent letters to several American Express cardholders who were victimized last year by high-tech thieves who…

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Debate heats up in Oz over data liability

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Dissent

Hamish Barwick reports: The call for mandatory data breach notifications and potential legal proceedings against enterprises who fail to protect customer data has become a little louder in Australia, according to the findings of a new survey. The report, entitled Australian Consumer Data Survey 2012, which was conducted for iSeek Communications in July 2012 with…

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