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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Dropbox Admits To User Data Theft, Bolsters Security - Fast Company

Dropbox has confirmed that a security breach has resulted in a number of users' log-in details--including username and passwords--being stolen by hackers, possibly by accessing a third-party website and then using that data to login to Dropbox. One of ...

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Online apps aid crime-fighting in Blaine - Minneapolis Star Tribune

The Police Department has announced that it will be working with CrimeReports, an international company specializing in online crime-fighting tools such as maps, alert messaging, anonymous tipping and data analytics. "Providing reliable, timely ...

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Enisa calls for collaboration to protect online identity - ComputerWeekly.com

EU security agency: salting passwords is the new minimum
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2 SKoreans arrested for mobile customer data theft - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Authorities said a former KT employee and six others were also charged for their roles in the scheme. The data theft at KT took place over the span of five months from February and affected about half of KT's 16 million mobile customers. KT apologized ...

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Higher Wages Can Buy Honesty: Study Says It Reduces Employee Theft - Human Resources Journal

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 new study says that the higher the wages of retail workers, the less likely they are to ...

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Jealous man smashes girlfriend's laptop after seeing photo on her Facebook ... - Daily Mail

... of a picture of Mitt Romney posted on her Facebook page. Lowell Turpin, 40, of Anderson County, Tennessee, had accused live-in girlfriend Crystal Gray, 38, of having an affair with seeing a mysterious man on her Facebook page, become further enraged.

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Anonymous attack protests web laws, catches innocents - ABC Technology and Games

The Australian Government's updating national security laws to make sure intelligence agencies and police can track criminals and terrorists online. But the plan's sparking strong opposition from privacy campaigners. Some have taken ... So, it's in ...

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AFP assistant commissioner calls for data retention laws - Australian Techworld

AFP: offensive change needed to catch hackers
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BIDMC official shares lessons learned following data breach - TechTarget

Health IT leaders will benefit from BIDMC's transparency over data breach
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Elections Ontario fails to encrypt data after losing info on 2.4 million voters - Toronto Star

Cavoukian said the massive data breach has exposed Ontario voters to the possibility of identity theft or 'other deceptive practices,' and advised those in the affected electoral districts to remain on alert and monitor bank accounts for suspicious ...

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Data breaches up 19 percent, GAO reports - Federal Times

Participants were not notified of the July 2011 breach until the following May. The thrift board followed federal guidance in responding to the attack, but it lacked a notification plan for lack of funding, Long said. The agency will address data ...

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UK police close 'Climategate' investigation - Kansas City Star

"The misinformation and conspiracy theories circulating following the publication of the stolen emails - including the theory that the hacker was a disgruntled UEA employee - did real harm to public perceptions about the dangers of climate change."</p ...

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Higher retail wages correlate with lower levels of employee theft - EurekAlert (press release)

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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Data on 8 Million Mobile Customers Stolen in South Korea - CIO Today

Authorities said a former KT employee and six others were also charged for their roles in the scheme. The data theft at KT took place over the span of five months from February and affected about half of KT's 16 million mobile customers. KT apologized ...

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OHSU: USB drive with patient information stolen - The Columbian

The drive was taken during the burglary of a hospital employee's home on July 4 or 5, the hospital said. The employee had taken it home in a briefcase that was stolen with other items. The drive was used to back up data from one OHSU computer system, ...

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Robert Pattinson: Life Post-Cheating Girlfriend, Top 5 Reasons to Move On - International Business Times AU

Robert Pattinson has been understandably quiet since (former?) girlfriend Kristen Stewart got embroiled in a controversy for cheating on him. Stewart issued a public apology saying she loves him, but obviously it was not going to repair everything at once.

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CRIME - Daily Mail

Meanwhile, the police are being obstructive, but someone knows the truth, and, as Raker finally discovers to his cost, will do anything at all to conceal it. Weaver has delivered another cracking crime thriller and London Underground geeks will be ...

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