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EU ministers to consider ‘two-strikes’ rule for data breaches

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Dissent

Jennifer Baker reports: European Union justice ministers will consider a “two-strikes” rule for data breaches. The Irish Presidency of the European Council published a paper on the protection of citizens’ personal data that will be discussed at Justice and Home Affairs Council in Dublin on January 17 and 18. The paper asks European justice ministers…

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More details emerge on DoDDS-EU breach

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Dissent

A previously reported breach that affected students at the Ramstein Intermediate School also affected students and sponsors at three other schools under the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity– Europe (DoDDS-Europe). Until now, I didn’t know which other schools were involved, until a small item on Military.com provided their names. On January 7, DoDDS-Europe issued the…

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Over 100 Zaxby’s franchises may have had customer credit card data stolen

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Dissent

If you eat at Zaxby’s, you should check to see if your location is affected/ by a security breach. Yesterday, the chain announced that some of their stores (108, so far, by their list) had suspicious files found on their systems that may have exfiltrated customer credit and debit card info. Although the press release does…

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Stolen Florida Dept. of Juvenile Justice device contained records of more than 100,000 youth and employees

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Dissent

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice says it “strives to increase public safety by reducing juvenile delinquency, strengthening families and turning around the lives of troubled youth.”  Creating more trouble for youth and their families is obviously not part of their mission, yet that’s what may have happened.  From a press release they issued yesterday:…

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On the wall of shame, SCDOR’s breach should rank embarrassingly high

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Dissent

Embarrassing reminders about the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) breach continue.  The Associated Press reports on testimony in yesterday’s hearing by the state’s House oversight panel: Revenue has been criticized for not using the state information technology division’s computer monitoring services — which are offered but not required — before the hacking. While the…

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Global Payments revises total breach cost estimates upwards, but wait until you see what *didn’t* cost them

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Dissent

In September, I posted Global Payments’ statement from their quarterly filing that dealt with the costs of a breach disclosed in March 2012.  BankInfoSecurity.com has just reported on their most recent filing. Whereas last year,  Global Payments estimated the cost of the breach at about $84 million,  their current 10-Q filing puts the cost of the…

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