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RSS details in newsDemon customers' card details at risk after PC theft
News Demon Internet has become the latest company to suffer a serious security breach involving its customers' credit card details. The company's headquarters were burgled, and a PC holding a cache containing partial credit card details was stolen. [03 Aug 2000]
Clinton details cyber-security plans
News President Clinton has fleshed-out the details of the US government's $2bn plan for a national cyber-security scheme. The scheme includes $90m in funding for the development of security technologies to prevent virus and hacker attacks, and plans for... [11 Jan 2000]
Bush signs Homeland Security bill - the details
News That could include details on virus research, security holes in applications and operating system vulnerabilities. The law also: requires all federal agencies, including the CIA, the Defense Department and the National Security Agency, to provide... [26 Nov 2002]
Visa card details stolen
News Visa has confirmed that the credit card details of "a number" of Visa customers in the US and Europe have been stolen from a US-based firm. Some affected customers have had their cards blocked and are now unable to take advantage of the Visa slogan... [12 Jun 2003]
Barclays exposes customers' account details on web
News A security breach at Barclays has left the account details some of its online banking customers exposed on the internet. Four of the 85,000 Barclays customers who used the online service this morning phoned the bank's helpline, claiming they were... [31 Jul 2000]
Vodafone customers' bank details compromised in mailing blunder
News Vodafone customers have had their bank account details compromised following a mistake by the company responsible for mailing out the telco's welcome packs. He said: "I have had to close my bank account as my banking details may still be at large. [16 Apr 2002]
Privacy fiasco: California suspends sales of personal details
News The state's department of health is now under pressure to halt the sale of the details of 24 million Californians following a 45-day suspension of the transaction. Concerned residents of the Sunshine State were in uproar after discovering their... [06 Dec 2001]
Ambulance service loses 999 details
News The Scottish Ambulance Service has lost a disc containing the encrypted 999 call details of almost one million people. The Scottish Ambulance Service insisted there was little danger that people's 999 details could be exposed, as the disc had been... [25 Jun 2008]
Thousands more UK patients' details lost
News The security of information held by the NHS suffered a further blow after the loss of another 4,000 medical and personal details has come to light. Stockport Primary Care Trust (PCT) admitted it had not informed the thousands affected after it lost... [18 Jan 2008]
HP leak probe: More details emerge
News The company has declined to offer specific details on what reporters' records were obtained but has said it is co-operating with the various government probes. Thomas Shankland said he is reserving ultimate judgment of the affair until more details... [22 Sep 2006]
Fraudsters steal 2,000 credit card details
News Fraudsters stole the credit card details of 2,000 MasterCard holders in a major security breach last week.silicon.com was contacted by one customer of the Clydesdale Bank who was told that her MasterCard details, along with those of 2,000 other... [26 Apr 2006]
Trojan horse captures your online banking details
News Security experts say they have discovered a Trojan horse that records e-banking user details and web surfing habits. Antivirus company Sophos is warning that the Banker-AJ Trojan is targeting online customers of banks such as Abbey, Barclays, Egg... [11 Nov 2004]
Pensions details on lost CD not encrypted
News A lost compact disc containing the personal pension details of 15,000 people was not encrypted. The pension details of the individuals are then sent separately to pension providers, to enable their records to be updated. [07 Nov 2007]
ITNet exposes job seekers' details online
News A job applicant to IT services firm ITNet had more to worry about than company perks after sensitive details from his application form were left accessible online. A short while afterwards, a friend of Richardson's stumbled across his application... [27 Jul 2001]
Exclusive: Microsoft gifts your credit card details to fraudsters
News silicon.com has unearthed a new security hole in Microsoft's .NET system that could open the door to criminals getting hold of surfers' credit card details. When .NET's 'Express Purchase' technology inputs your credit card details into an e-tailer... [14 Nov 2001]
