fraud breaches
RSS fraud breachesSnatched laptop puts 40,000 at risk of ID fraud
News There has been a string of data breaches in the US in recent years, many of which were reported publicly because of new disclosure laws there. About 40,000 US Chicago Public Schools (CPS) employees are at risk of identity fraud after two laptops... [10 Apr 2007]
200,000 HP staff exposed to ID fraud risk
News The HP incident is the latest in a string of data security breaches. A laptop with information on almost 200,000 current and former HP employees was stolen last week, putting them at risk of identity fraud. [23 Mar 2006]
ID fraud soars with laptops targeted for data
News But Sartin argues that fraudsters and their need to act quickly, have actually contributed to the reasons companies would disclose breaches. In fact it's become such a problem that Bryan Sartin, VP investigative response at Cybertrust, claims... [28 Mar 2006]
Cybercrime costs US business $378m
News The vast majority of respondents - 85 per cent - reported security breaches in the last 12 months, a massive increase on the 1999 figure of 42 per cent. The majority of security breaches originated over the internet, overturning a long held... [12 Mar 2001]
Data breach laws 'make companies serious about security'
Comment The law - known as SB 1386 - obliges Californian state agencies or businesses to disclose data security breaches to residents if their unencrypted personal information may have been compromised. The introduction of the data breach legislation in... [03 Sep 2007]
Top tips for secure outsourcing
News Outline how the outsourcer's security team is to work alongside yours, if boundaries are blurred then companies are vulnerable to security breaches such as theft and fraud. High penalty charges for reporting a suspect breach can lead to cover-ups... [18 Feb 2003]
Malicious security attacks hit 90 per cent of UK firms
News The figure represents a significant change from when a larger proportion of security breaches were accidental, with the focus switching to those that are malicious, such as viruses, hack attacks and fraud. [27 Apr 2004]
UK companies hit by rise in costly hacking and phishing attacks
News External attacks by hackers, organised criminal gangs and phishing fraudsters are responsible for a dramatic increase in the number and severity of security breaches among UK businesses. The figures are part of the biennial DTI Security Breaches... [11 Mar 2004]
Fresh data leak scare at US university
News There has been a string of data breaches in recent years. A possible computer security breach at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) may have put 46,000 campus and medical centre faculty, staff and students at risk of identity fraud. [05 Apr 2007]
E-banks warned of organised crime threat
News Much-publicised security breaches such as Powergen and Barclays will only encourage criminal activity. Internet bank egg was subject to a serious attempted fraud which required little technical skill last week. [29 Aug 2000]
Security breach cover-up: Non-disclosure foolish, says expert
News Bryan Sartin, VP investigative response at Cybertrust, has worked on many large security breaches and this week told silicon.com companies rarely make the right decision when they decide to hide what has happened, adding "the damage is tremendous... [05 May 2006]
Leader: Sarbanes-Oxley - another law to ignore?
Leader We shouldn't assume breaches of compliance regulation will only be revealed once the whistle is blown and a serious fraud revealed - many may come to light through standard auditing practices - but if a crime has occurred then companies need to be... [21 Oct 2004]
Escape the data management minefield
Comment But that doesn't mean that with a greater focus, individual organisations can't batten down the hatches and adhere closely to standards and regulations outlined in the DPA to prevent massive data security breaches and the resulting large fines and... [13 Sep 2007]
Editor's Blog: Lords above!
Comment The whole area of data protection and data breaches has often seemed too complex for our famously techno-phobic MPs to grasp. Of course, there're no easy votes in a data breaches law and no easy photo opportunity for any politician who might want... [27 Feb 2008]
Why UK must pass data leak law now
News The message is in line with silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign which has been calling for a rethink of law in this area to improve the reporting of data breaches so that companies have to reveal it when they lose sensitive data.silicon.com's... [10 Aug 2007]
