Operation Motorman: Guido Fawkes under fire over publication of files - The Guardian

The Information Commissioner's Office has said it "strongly condemns" the partial publication by the Guido Fawkes blog of its Operation Motorman files on alleged breaches of the Data Protection Act by journalists. The blogger Paul Staines, ...

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Basic Defenses Absent at Most Breached Sites - PC Advisor

By Jaikumar Vijayan | Computerworld US | 09 April 12 Despite rising concerns that cyberattacks are growing more and more sophisticated, hackers used relatively simple methods for 97% of data breaches in 2011, according to a report compiled by Verizon.

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Scope Of Hackers' Data Theft From Utah Health Records Grows - KUNC

Hackers made off with 280000 Social Security numbers and "approximately 500000 other victims had less-sensitive information stolen," according to the Utah Department of Health (UDOH). Officials originally said that about 25000 state Medicaid records ...

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CISPA Bill Lets ISPs Spy On and Report Pirating Subscribers - TorrentFreak

After the SOPA and PIPA uproar the Internet has become increasingly aware of the US Government's attempts at meddling with the web. In recent days the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has moved to the forefront.

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Safety campaign sees NFB shortlisted - Link2Portal

Children are asked to design a poster that warns of the danger of building sites and how to keep themselves and others safe and avoid unnecessary serious injuries. The dangers posed by construction sites is a national problem which in 2010/2011 saw 17 ...

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Verizon: 97% of 2011 Data Breaches Were Avoidable - Tom's Guide

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Utah: 750K More Victims in Health Dept Data Breach - ABC News

Since the data breach was discovered last week, state officials have revised the number of victims three times. The state has reviewed all the files stored on the breached server, and Fletcher said it was unlikely the number would increase again.

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Virtual Strategy Magazine Q&A - SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

It is highly unlikely, but possible, that a cloud provider employee will be involved in data theft. The more realistic scenario is an accidental incident related to an insider with physical access to the data center. One well known example is the ...

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Whistleblowing debate heats up - swissinfo.ch

But the cause of the pro-whistleblowing camp has not been helped by the theft and lucrative sale of Swiss bank data to foreign countries in recent years. Germany has paid millions of euros to get its hands on the information as it tries to weed out tax ...

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Sloppy Security Practices Behind Recent Healthcare Data Breaches - Insurance & Technology (blog)

The Utah incident followed two other healthcare data breaches reported last week. InformationWeek's Neil Versel reported on the theft of a laptop from Howard University including 34000 unencrypted records and the loss of backup tapes containing records ...

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Children's codeine deaths prompt warning - CBC.ca

Two more children's deaths and a near fatality have been linked to standard doses of codeine after tonsil surgery, leading researchers to suggest reconsidering the painkiller's use. "Codeine is perceived as a safe narcotic by the Canadian and American ...

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Mandatory reporting has not failed children - ABC Online

The orthodox theory and practice in these bureaucracies is that the best way to keep vulnerable children safe is to construct a vast social service system to assist dysfunctional parents keep and regain custody of children.

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Indiana's Finkbiner 'sexploitation' case illustrates dangers of chat rooms for ... - Indianapolis Star

"The kids make the same risky decisions behind the computers that they do elsewhere, and then they are trapped." US Attorney Joe Hogsett alleged Monday that Richard Finkbiner, 39, Brazil, Ind., blackmailed two 14-year-old boys after secretly recording ...

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Shrewsbury hosts online safety presentation - Community Advocate

Yet that is exactly what parents do each day when they allow their children to use the Internet without supervision. Lesure spoke as part of a three-member panel presentation called 'How to Keep Your Child Safe Online' March 22 at Oak Middle School in ...

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