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News Virus-related equipment failure or data loss affected 19 per cent of businesses surveyed, credit card fraud affected 11 per cent, theft of PC/laptop eight per cent, hacking seven per cent and four per cent or less were affected by unauthorised...
[09 Apr 2008]
News The financial advisor company suffered the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing the personal details of 14,000 of its customers last December.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to...
[21 Feb 2008]
News The figures for phone, laptop and PDA loss and theft across government departments reveal the MoJ has had 135 laptops and 56 mobile phones stolen, with a further 34 laptops and 116 phones gone missing since 2001.
[19 Feb 2008]
News HM Revenue & Customs admitted it was forced to cough up £2.25m to send out letters of apology to the 25 million people whose records it lost on two CDs and the theft of a Ministry of Defence laptop containing 600,000 records prompted a ban on all...
[30 Jan 2008]
News She said the firm had informed all employees by letter the moment it found out about the theft, set up a helpline for affected workers and provided them with unlimited credit checks with Experian. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has...
[25 Jan 2008]
News Speaking before parliament he confessed the theft of a Royal Navy laptop containing 600,000 servicemen's and recruits' details on 9 January was not a one off - saying laptops containing similar details for a smaller number of people had also been...
[22 Jan 2008]
News The MoD admitted the breach on Friday following the theft from a Royal Navy recruitment officer's car in Edgbaston in Birmingham on 9 January. The MoD said it chose not to make the theft public immediately, following consultation with West Midlands...
[21 Jan 2008]
News But despite this, and the rising levels of laptop theft and high-profile examples of data loss, businesses are failing to understand the need to encrypt their hard drives or better protect sensitive data, according to separate research conducted...
[06 Nov 2007]
News Of course the device is as susceptible to theft as any laptop but once stolen the victim has lost nothing but a shell. Neoware even ships its units in boxes that boast "theft-proof device". The more information that resides centrally and the less...
[06 Jun 2007]
News In fact, staying at home is probably the wisest choice - as we also revealed levels of laptop theft around the country. For many people obviously branded laptop bags have to bear at least some of the responsibility for increasing levels of theft.
[30 May 2007]
News These incident reports, obtained by a Freedom of Information Act enquiry, are indicative of the types of theft and robberies happening in alarming and increasing numbers on UK streets as more people carry expensive laptops which are attractive to...
[18 May 2007]
News IDC reports the laptop market is currently growing at 16 per cent per year - lower than the rate of laptop theft in London (18.3 per cent). The total number of laptops stolen during burglaries increased 21.3 per cent, and instances of theft and...
[15 May 2007]
News Businesses are using encryption, thin-client and other security technologies to tackle the increasing problem of laptop theft and the associated risk to corporate data. But Paul Hopkins, IT director at Newcastle University, said more needs to be...
[15 May 2007]
News Despite rising levels of laptop theft and high-profile instances of data loss, businesses are failing to understand the need to encrypt their hard drives or better protect sensitive data. Furthermore, 67 per cent of respondents said their companies...
[11 May 2007]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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