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Malware strikes Titanium Metals Corp.

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Dissent

Titanium Metals Corporation (“TIMET”) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on August 13 that “malicious software circumvented the Company’s firewall protections and downloaded information from the Company’s systems.” TIMET reports [pdf] that their Information Services Department discovered and stopped the cyberattack, but does not indicate how long it took for the attack to be…

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7-Eleven statement regarding 2007 credit card fraud

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Dissent

7-Eleven, Inc. has learned that federal authorities in New Jersey have indicted individuals for the theft of credit and debit card numbers in a computer hacking scheme targeting multiple retailers in a number of separate incidents over the last several years. The company became aware in late 2007 that a security breach had occurred. The…

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FTC issues Health Breach Notification Rule

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Dissent

<blockquote>The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) is issuing this final rule, as required by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the “Recovery Act” or “the Act”). The rule requires vendors of personal health records and related entities to notify consumers when the security of their individually identifiable health information has been breached….

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Audit of Dept of Energy reveals unaddressed problems

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Dissent

From Protection of the Department of Energy’s Unclassified Sensitive Electronic Information, DOE/IG-0818: The Department of Energy and its contractors store and process massive quantities of sensitive information to accomplish national security, energy, science, and environmental missions. Sensitive unclassified data, such as personally identifiable information (PII), official use only, and unclassified controlled nuclear information require special…

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Three indicted for hacking Heartland, 7-Eleven, and Hannaford; Over 130 million credit and debit card numbers stolen

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Dissent

An indictment [pdf] was returned today against three individuals who are charged with being responsible for five corporate data breaches, including the single largest reported data breach in U.S. history, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr., along with Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and United States Secret Service…

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Laptop theft prompts NKU letter

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Dissent

A Northern Kentucky University employee’s laptop computer – which contained personal information about some current and former students — was stolen from a restricted area last month, university officials said. […] The computer was taken July 22, according to a letter from Sara Sidebottom, the university’s vice president for legal affairs and general counsel. Cole…

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