Most organizations in the U.S. and U.K. put their sensitive customer and company data at risk during their application development and testing processes, according to a new study. Although nearly 80 percent of the firms surveyed in the Ponemon Institute report say they have been hit by at least one data breach in the past…
Author: Dissent
Medical Records Found In Dumpster
A 2 Wants to Know investigation found social security numbers, copies of driver’s licenses, and sensitive information federal laws are supposed to protect, all unshredded in a dumpster behind a building. Gary Mcadoo …. came to the station to get help with all the files he found in the dumpster. He told us there were…
Abortion Law Backers Vow Oklahoma Appeal
A day after a judge struck down an Oklahoma law requiring women seeking an abortion to see an ultrasound of the fetus and listen to a description of its attributes, the state said it would appeal the ruling, and Republican lawmakers vowed to pass the law again in a different form. While advocates of abortion…
Grocery cashier took customer info, feds say
A former grocery store cashier and convicted felon who allegedly used customers’ personal information in a check-forging scheme will stay in jail until trial, a judge ruled Thursday. Janel Ivy, 31, was arrested earlier this month after being indicted in June on one charge of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and two counts of possession…
Police files found in city skip
A police investigation is under way to find out how files containing details of more than 60 people who applied for jobs with the [Police Service of Northern Ireland] ended up in a skip. The documents were discovered by a contractor in Ann Street in Belfast this week and were handed over to DUP Upper…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Yes, another vehicle situation uncovers a credit card ring. This time, Philip Kevin Zilber Curtin was arrested after police investigated his car breaking down and then obtained evidence of hundreds of fraudulently obtained credit cards, a skimming device, laptop computers and thousands of dollars worth of legitimate gift cards. More. Joel…