NASA admits to 13 data breaches - IT PRO

"NASA takes the issue of IT security very seriously, and at no point in time have operations of the International Space Station been in jeopardy due to a data breach," said NASA spokesman Michael Cabbagehe. In a separate development, the US Air Force ...

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Awaiting Justice - PakistanToday.com.pk

ISLAMABAD - Despite clear orders of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), the high-ups of cabinet division and other concerned departments seem reluctant to decide the regularisation issue of contractual employees, who served in programmes started by the ...

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NASA loses $7 million to repeat breaches - SC Magazine Australia

Martin said an unencrypted NASA notebook computer stolen in March last year contained algorithms used to command and control the International Space Station. 'Moreover, NASA cannot consistently measure the amount of sensitive data exposed when employee ...

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Legal risks of going paperless - American Medical News

Providence posed significant questions about how far a medical professional's responsibility extends after data is stolen. Some patients in Oregon sued Providence Health System in 2009 after computer disks were stolen from a medical office employee's ...

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US files papers for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's extradition - Network World

US prosecutors have filed papers seeking the extradition of Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload and three colleagues, who are charged in the US with allegedly running a criminal enterprise responsible for online piracy of numerous types of copyrighted ...

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Internet Porn Crackdown Campaign Continues in China - Tech Wire Asia

... detainees were influenced by violent online games or porn sites when they committed crimes such as robbery and rape. As such, the Ministry of Public Security has run a six-month campaign targeting cyber strip-shows and sexually explicit content.

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Social media increases risk of ID theft - Rutland Herald

Having your information lost or stolen during a breach doesn't automatically mean you will be a victim of identity theft, but it certainly greatly increases the odds. Those who suffer data breaches are 9.5 times more likely to be victims of identity ...

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