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New Data Breach Report: Malicious Attacks Doubled in 2009

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Dissent

Linda McGlasson writes about Ponemon’s new report: … The number of malicious or criminal attack-related breaches was 24 percent — double the 12 percent of the 2009 study. “They are the most costly, and the types of attacks we found included botnet attacks and data-stealing malware,” Ponemon says. “There is more to worry about because…

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Data breach costs top $200 per customer record

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Dissent

Ellen Messmer reports: The cost of a data breach increased last year to $204 per compromised customer record, according to the Ponemon Institute’s annual study. The average total cost of a data breach rose from $6.65 million in 2008 to $6.75 million in 2009. Ponemon Institute based its estimates on data from 45 companies that…

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It’s Not Supposed to Work Like This

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Dissent

Michael Winerip of The New York Times recounts the experience of an AmEx customer who logged into his new American Express business credit card account account online only to discover he had accessed a stranger’s account: “I could see all her personal information,” said Mr. Goldstein, who was both transfixed and fearful that he had…

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Chase bank seems a bit too loose with clients’ data

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Dissent

David Lazarus writes: West Hills resident Victoria Afonina works as a computer programmer for a major supermarket chain, so she knows probably better than most people how vulnerable her personal information is once it gets out into the open. She routinely tells banks and other financial-service providers that they can’t share her information with other…

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UK: Government personal data handling has improved, says report

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Dissent

Measures put in place by the Government to better protect individuals’ personal data have been successful but more work is needed, according to the first annual internal report due under the new regime. After a series of embarrassing losses of personal information, including the 2007 loss of discs containing the names, addresses and bank details…

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Data Privacy Day is January 28

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Dissent

Data Privacy Day is January 28, and there are more events this year than in past years, with some events starting on January 20. The Data Privacy Day Project lists a number of resources and events that you will want to know about.   Many of the events have now been entered on this site’s privacy…

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