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Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News Further losses of documents between October and November 2007 saw mislaid names, offences, risk information, future job training or employment information of 48 offenders and names, dates of birth, addresses and some credit histories of 24... [25 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Security scare
Comment Bank and credit card details But task number one was to try out my many devilish scenarios to see if the risk was real. Something I really know well: security measures have to be continually reviewed in the context of a back-drop of accelerating... [18 Jun 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Encryption
Cheat Sheet Software is used to encrypt all sorts of data to stop unscrupulous sorts getting that information, from credit card details passing over the internet to emails and company databases. In the US, the majority of states have notification legislation... [28 Nov 2007]
Web security breach exposes 54,000 card details
News The security exercise found an encrypted file containing names, addresses, and credit and debit card numbers had been mistakenly placed on an insecure server. A security blunder at Newcastle City Council has exposed the credit and debit card... [27 Jul 2007]
How to insure your IT
Comment TJX Group, which lost millions of credit card records after malware was installed on its server, could have been insured, but such insurance would need a dialogue between the client, the broker and the underwriter. [17 Jul 2007]
Snatched laptop puts 40,000 at risk of ID fraud
News Such complaints, which include credit card fraud, bank fraud, as well as phone and utilities fraud, accounted for 36 per cent of the total 674,354 complaints submitted to the FTC and its external data contributors in 2006. [10 Apr 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.11.06
Round-Up So far the Met has declined to state whether the data on the laptops was encrypted and as a precaution the force has consulted payment industry association Apacs - as well credit rating agencies and Cifas, the UK's fraud prevention service - just... [24 Nov 2006]
Met laptops theft puts 15,000 at risk
News However, the theft is sufficiently serious that UK fraud prevention service Cifas, payment services organisation Apacs and credit reference agencies have been consulted about what action to take to safeguard staff against becoming victims of fraud. [22 Nov 2006]
Veterans get free ID monitoring in wake of breach
News This is a gigantic database that contains information from participating credit card companies, financial institutions, telecom companies, retail lenders, government agencies and, soon, healthcare agencies. [11 Aug 2006]
Liberty Alliance takes on ID theft
Last week, CitiFinancial said tapes containing unencrypted information on 3.9 million customers were lost by the United Parcel Service while in transit to a credit bureau. The launch comes in the wake of several high-profile data loss incidents... [14 Jun 2005]
Liberty Alliance pursues identity theft
News Last week, CitiFinancial said tapes containing unencrypted information on 3.9 million customers were lost by the United Parcel Service while in transit to a credit bureau. The launch comes in the wake of several high-profile data loss incidents... [14 Jun 2005]
Stolen laptop puts 98,000 at risk of ID theft
News However, UC Berkeley is urging affected individuals to consider putting a fraud alert out at credit reporting agencies. In August, an attacker broke into computers there and gained access to 1.4 million database records containing identity data. [30 Mar 2005]
Demon customers' card details at risk after PC theft
News They were ringing round to let customers know there may be a potential security risk and that I should inform my credit card company. The company's headquarters were burgled, and a PC holding a cache containing partial credit card details was stolen. [03 Aug 2000]
Ask the Lawyer @ Silicon.com
Comment Also, during the procurement process one of the prospective companies suggested that there is legislation being planned for all businesses to record telephone conversations where a credit card transaction takes place. [20 Apr 2000]
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