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News She said: "If somebody really wants to get a person's laptop then sure they could use some bolt-cutters but a good lock will protect against opportunists," adding that many of Kensington's customers come to the company once they have already... [08 May 2007]
Are you breaking the wi-fi law?
News As more money is spent on wireless broadband connectivity and people store important information on their computers, wi-fi theft will become an area that the police and legislators will increasingly have to concentrate on, said Clive Gringras... [18 Apr 2007]
UK consumers demand data breach disclosure
News The UK has also had its fair share of data breaches, including the theft of a laptop from Nationwide building society which contained some customer details. UK consumers are demanding companies that suffer data security breaches must let their... [17 Apr 2007]
Foster's serves up disaster recovery on the move
Case Study In the event of any issue - such as theft or hardware malfunction - affecting a particular machine, any worker can access an up-to-date virtual replica of their lost laptop when they return to any one of Foster's European offices.silicon.com... [11 Apr 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Security twitch
Comment Walking around with a mobile phone on a belt clip and a laptop in hand has always made me mindful of the security risks and the likely penalty of a loss or theft. Like most business people I have everything backed up but still have a slightly... [11 Apr 2007]
Snatched laptop puts 40,000 at risk of ID fraud
News A subject in the laptop theft has been identified, CPS said. In 2005, UC Berkeley warned more than 98,000 people that the theft of a laptop from its graduate school admissions office exposed their personal information. [10 Apr 2007]
Fresh data leak scare at US university
News In 2005, UC Berkeley warned more than 98,000 people that the theft of a laptop from its graduate school admissions office exposed their personal information. That laptop was later recovered. A possible computer security breach at the University of... [05 Apr 2007]
Halifax mortgage data stolen
News Earlier this year the Nationwide building society was fined nearly £1m by the FSA after the theft of a laptop exposed customer data. Around 1,800 of the 13,000 customer records exposed by the theft included name, address, mortgage account number... [27 Mar 2007]
Stolen laptop puts 16,000 council staff at risk
News And bosses at Worcestershire County Council are facing criticism for reportedly taking more than a week to inform those staff affected of the possible breach and the related risk of identity theft. More than 16,000 council workers in the Midlands... [28 Feb 2007]
Leader: A £1m message that goes out nationwide
Leader Nationwide then waited three weeks to start an investigation into the theft. Last year, an unencrypted laptop was stolen from the building society during a burglary at an employee's house. When it comes to regulatory fines, especially those issued... [14 Feb 2007]
Nationwide fined nearly £1m for security lapses
News The fine follows investigations into the theft of a laptop containing confidential customer data from an employee's home last year. It also found Nationwide was unaware the laptop contained confidential customer information until three weeks after... [14 Feb 2007]
Hard drive goes awol with US vets' data
News The episode follows the high-profile theft last May of a laptop and an external hard drive that housed sensitive information about more than 26 million veterans and active military personnel. After the first theft, the VA announced a multi-step... [06 Feb 2007]
Filched Boeing laptop threatens 382,000 employees' IDs
News The theft potentially puts the individuals at risk for identity theft. Despite the large number of people affected by the theft, Neale said Boeing has received no reports of the sensitive information being compromised. [15 Dec 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.11.06
Round-Up The Round-Up knows it is being slightly churlish and unfair here but it also can't help noticing the one arrest made so far seems to be the result of a more concerted effort on the part of the police than the Round-Up witnessed when reporting the... [24 Nov 2006]
Met laptops theft puts 15,000 at risk
News The burglary follows the theft of a laptop containing customer details, stolen from Nationwide Building Society earlier this month. The Met is in the process of notifying its employees of the theft. According to the Met, a risk assessment of the... [22 Nov 2006]
