17 April 2012

ICO Slaps Toshiba For Data Breach - TechWeekEurope UK


Toshiba has promised to up its website security, after a design error led to a data breach at the tech giant. Personal data of 20 competition entrants was leaked on a Toshiba website, thanks to a web design error made by a third party.

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Former Intel Employee Pleads Guilty to Design Data Theft - Human Resources Journal


Biswamohan Pani, a former Intel employee pled guilty last week to five counts relating to the illegal download of confidential data owned by Intel. Pani pled guilty following a plea agreement between the former Intel employee and Carmen M. Oritz, ...

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Leicestershire council not fined over child data breach - Public Service


The theft of data relating to vulnerable children has led to Leicestershire County Council breaching the Data Protection Act, the Information Commissioner's Office has found. The breach occurred after documents were taken home by a social worker in a ...

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Former Intel Employee Pleads Guilty for Data Theft - Ubergizmo


By Pradeep Chandrasekaran on 04/09/2012 14:02 PDT On Friday last, former Intel employee Biswamohan Pani pleaded guilty of data theft charges after he allegedly stole $1 billion worth of trade secrets from Intel. Intel has reviewed the data that was ...

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CFAA Does Not Apply to Employee Data Theft According to Ninth Circuit - JD Supra (press release)


And so begins the reasoning of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on way to its conclusion that the CFAA does not apply to data theft by an employee who steals information he was permitted to access in the first place.

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Noncompete News: Ninth Circuit Holds Employee Data Theft is Not Punishable ... - JD Supra (press release)


Court Decision Changes Security Concepts--Allows Data Theft by Employees
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Norway killer: 'I would have done it again' - Seacoastonline.com


He denies criminal guilt, saying he was acting in self-defense, and claims the targets were part of a conspiracy to "deconstruct" Norway's cultural identity. "The attacks on July 22 were a preventive strike. I acted in self-defense on behalf of my ...

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Keeping them safe - The Sun Daily


The RHB Banking Group, as a responsible corporate citizen, is proud to be the first Banking Group to spearhead such efforts and also, to educate the children, parents and the public on how to keep the young safe. The Group is also recognized for its ...

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED : Telstra Safe Social gives parents control of ... - 4-traders


Technology helps parents cyber spy
The Daily Telegraph


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Only 1 Out of 4 Companies Buying Cyberinsurance - Insurance Journal


Most companies shun 'cyberinsurance' - study
Reuters


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Survey Finds Steady Increase in Healthcare Data Breaches - eSecurity Planet


By Jeff Goldman | April 16, 2012 Kroll Advisory Solutions recently released the 2012 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data, which found that the frequency of healthcare data breaches has increased steadily over the past six years.

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NHS trust loses personal data of 600 maternity patients, kids - Register


By Guardian Government Computing รข€¢ Get more from this author South London healthcare trust has admitted to losing two unencrypted memory sticks containing sensitive personal data about patients. The data breaches occurred in separate incidents.

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Are Corporates Set for Phishing? - Daijiworld.com


The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The e-mail directs the user to visit a website ...

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The 9th Circuit: employees are free to steal from the company computers - Lexology (registration)


Court Decision Changes Security Concepts--Allows Data Theft by Employees
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Breivik: Norway Attack 'Was Self-Defence' - Sky News


The 33-year-old smirked as the prosecution spoke about his online gaming habits and bomb-making plans - but was tearful as the court was shown the 12-minute video he posted online before the terror attacks. A lip-reading expert for Norwegian ...

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West Bengal CID asks Facebook to remove pictures mocking Mamata Banerjee - NDTV


A CID officer said that writing to Facebook was routine in event of complaints about the content on the social networking site. But sources say that asking for an IP address to track the origin of any online content is a first for the government.

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8 Suspects Arrested in Online Drug Market Sting - Wired News (blog)


By Kim Zetter Eight suspects in the United States and elsewhere have been arrested and indicted for their involvement in an online drug market accessible only through the TOR anonymizing network that sold LSD, ecstasy, marijuana and other drugs to some ...

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How will US government's probe into consoles affect gamers? - Metro


The US government thinks it will prevent criminals from communicating online, but what does it all mean for the average gamer? Big Brother is watching. Watching you play computer games. It may sound like an unlikely scenario as you twiddle your thumbs ...

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Keeping kids safe from accidents - Philadelphia Inquirer


For every death, 925 kids wind up in the emergency room and countless more are taken to the doctor's office. The good news that gets missed in many news accounts is that there's plenty you can do to help kids stay safe. The empowering details: Keeping ...

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