AAPT confirms data breach as Anonymous claims attack - ZDNet (blog)

AAPT has confirmed that it has been breached, following claims by an Australian sect of Anonymous that it has broken into and stolen 40GB of data from the major Australian internet service provider (ISP). Anonymous Australia was meant to release a ...

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Insider fraud increases due to pay freezes - Telegraph.co.uk

In the six months to the end of June, CIFAS recorded a 52pc increase in the number of insider frauds recorded, with a 53pc rise in theft of customer data by an employee and a 24pc surge in dishonest actions by staff to gain a benefit. The detection of ...

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Cincinatti Insurance Co., IDentity Theft 911 to Offer Data Breach Services to ... - Insurance Journal

IDENTITY THEFT 911 BRINGS DATA RISK SOLUTIONS TO … 10:01 am
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California Settles Prison Data Breach Lawsuit - eSecurity Planet

The State of California has settled a lawsuit filed by workers at California's Pelican Bay Station Prison over data breaches in 2006. "The settlement last week came after five years of litigation stemming from two incidents in 2006 when the prison ...

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Higher retail wages correlate with lower levels of employee theft - Science Codex

The fact that we can document the relation in our study using cross-sectional data suggests that the effect of wages on employee theft can persist over time." The researchers argue that paying relatively higher wages discourages employee theft for two ...

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Want to Stop Workers From Stealing? Pay Them More - CNBC.com

The study by researchers at the University of Illinois and University of Southern California examined data from the convenience-store industry and found that higher wages are associated with lower levels of employee theft. The researchers argue that ...

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Unencrypted EMC laptop stolen containing patient data - SC Magazine

What was the response? The employee who lost the device reported the theft to police, and Hartford Hospital and VNA HealthCare are offering victims two years of free credit monitoring. Details: Hospital officials don't believe any of the data on the ...

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