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Podcast: Inside the TJX/Heartland Investigations

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Dissent

Tom Field of BankInfoSecurity interviews Kim Peretti, former Senior Counsel in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice, about the investigation of Albert Gonzalez and his co-conspirators, including How the investigations unfolded from beginning to end; The significance of the conspirators’ sentences; Lessons learned…

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First-Ever Global Cost of a Data Breach Study Shows Organisations Paid USD3.43 million per Breach in 2009

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Dissent

Privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute, together with PGP Corporation, a global leader in trusted data protection, today announced the results of the first-ever global study into the costs incurred by organisations after experiencing a data breach. The 2009 Annual Study: Global Cost of a Data Breach report, compiled by The Ponemon Institute…

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UK: NHS responsible for third of data breaches

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Dissent

Jennifer Scott reports: The deputy commissioner of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has named and shamed the NHS as the worst offender when it comes to data breaches. During the opening keynote at InfoSecurity Europe 2010, David Smith highlighted the health service’s blunders over the past two years where it accounted for almost a third…

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Survey: Delayed Compliance with New Regulations Has Increased Data Breaches and Medical Identity Theft in U.S. Hospitals

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Dissent

Although some will tend to minimize survey results when the surveyor has a self-serving interest, the results of the recent Identity Force survey of over 200 hospital administrators provides unsurprising, yet troubling, data. From their press release about the survey: PROBLEMS ARE WORSENING DESPITE MAJOR REGULATORY EFFORTS 41.5% of hospitals have TEN OR MORE data…

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AU: Anti-ID theft computer system flops

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Dissent

Mark Davis reports: A $28 million Howard government plan to create a high-tech system to address identity crime has been plagued by technical difficulties and failed to achieve its aims, the Australian National Audit Office says. The National Document Verification Service, announced by the Coalition in 2006, is a computer network which is supposed to…

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Criminal web forum trades in stolen social network profiles

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Dissent

A study from VeriSign’s cyber security watchdog iDefense has revealed a huge increase over the past year in demand for nicked social network user accounts, many of which go on to be sold internationally on the black market including over forums. Once information available on social networking is secured it is auctioned off in bulk…

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