Data Breach Proof Strategy By Handy Backup Gets Established Upon Verizon Findings - iTWire (press release)

Backup Software Brand Presents Protection For Data Breaches From Verizon Report
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Data breach put 1.5M numbers at risk - NBC2 News

By PALLAVI GOGOI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A company that processes credit card transactions said Monday that as many as 1.5 million card numbers were compromised in a data breach early last month. The CEO of the company, Global Payments Inc., ...

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Germany Outraged over Swiss Arrest Warrants - Spiegel Online

By Jörg Diehl and Christian Teevs Many German politicians and tax collectors are furious about Switzerland's decision to issue arrest warrants against three German officials who bought a stolen CD with tax data. The move has gone down well in ...

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Home Secretary Defends Phone And Internet Surveillance Proposals - TechWeekEurope UK

Home secretary Theresa May has defended proposals which would allow GCHQ to track mobile communications and online activity without a warrant. The legislation, which is expected to be announced in the Queen's Speech in May, received criticism from ...

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State: Data Breaches Becoming More Common - WMUR Manchester

Why Aren't Companies Better Prepared for Data Breaches?
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Concerns remain over data security standards - Financial Times

By Paul Taylor in New York The data security breach at Global Payments, an Atlanta-based credit card payment processor, has highlighted once again that those companies involved in the complex payment processing chain are among the prime targets for ...

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Ontario budget:Hunger Games - Toronto Star

It is our money they are misusing. Their excuses are no longer valid. Rick Lockman, Orillia I am livid. I am appalled and disgusted. This is despicable. Please, someone, anyone, explain why it's okay to reduce services, reduce pensions, ...

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Banks and credit card firms keep ID theft victims in the dark - Los Angeles Times

Was it a case of a business doing everything possible to protect customers' data but still succumbing to the dark arts of a master hacker? Or was it a case of a business leaving its servers unencrypted, or recklessly allowing an employee to load ...

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MasterCard, Visa Warn Banks of Massive Data Theft - PC Magazine

The likeliest scenario at this time has the attackers specifically targeting the employees at the payment processor. Assuming the data was encrypted, as they should have been under Payment Card Industry (PCI) rules, then the easiest way for the ...

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UK Law Will Let Police See Who's Talking Online - Mashable

Police and other security forces will be able to identify the members and timeframes of particular conversations, but not the content of the conversations themselves, says The Guardian. According to the report, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will ...

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The surveillance state: growing under a coalition that pledged to reverse it - The Guardian (blog)

Assurances that the actual content of conversations wouldn't be recorded would be unlikely to help. It's a telling sign of how many real-world freedoms have been sacrificed online, then, that a government that just two years ago pledged to "reverse the ...

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How to hide emails from government snooping - The Guardian

The problem with the latest government attempts at snooping is that they are not concerned with the content of messages, but their existence. If you have found some suspected criminals or terrorists, then you will want to know who their friends are: ...

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Terrorism debate: Are GCHQ set to spy on you? - The Sun

Police and security services will be able to demand details of who is having the conversation and what time it takes place, but will need a court order to listen to or read the content. Opponents say it will bring the same kind of surveillance to the ...

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Protecting Children From Predators - KUHF-FM

It is another year and another major effort to keep children safe from dangerous predators. Houston Police and the Harris County Sheriff's Department helped Crime Stoppers launch the 6th Annual "Safe Child Initiative." The Safe Child Initiative brings ...

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CPS Partners With Churches To Keep Kids Safe This Spring Break - CBS Local

CHICAGO (CBS) â€" Chicago Public Schools are offering parents a way to keep their children off the street during this week of spring break. As WBBM Newsradio's Regine Schlesinger reports, the initiative is called the Spring Break Safe Haven program.

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Child Abuse Protection Month focuses on keeping kids safe - Hickory Daily Record

Deborah Johnson, executive director of the Children's Advocacy & Protection Center, discusses Pinwheels for Prevention during the kick-off of Child Abuse Prevention Month on Monday morning. Many children get the chance to dream big and grow up to be ...

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