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RECENT COMPUTER SECURITY NEWS:
RECENT COMPUTER THEFTS AND LOSSES:
Security Firm Finds Missing SFO Laptop (8/5/2008)
CNET Employees Notified After Breach (6/23/2008)
Data breaches probed at New Jersey Blue Cross, Georgetown (1/30/2008)
New data security breaches come in fours (1/28/2008)
Lost Laptop Exposes Nashville Voters to Identity Theft (1/19/2008)
Deloitte partner, principal confidential information on stolen laptop (12/14/2007)
Personal data on 800,000 Gap job applicants exposed in laptop theft (9/28/2007)
Laptop theft exposes data of 106,000 taxpayers (8/29/2007)
Assume Your Laptop Will Be Stolen (8/7/07)
VeriSign Worker Fired After Laptop, Employee Info Are Stolen (8/7/07)
Neiman Marcus loses data on 160K employees (4/24/07)
540,000 New Yorkers at risk of identity theft (4/24/07)
Report: 490 IRS laptops lost or stolen over nearly three years (4/5/07)
Group Health laptops missing, 31,000 identities at risk (4/5/07)
Army laptop with payroll data stolen (3/26/07)
Hospital Laptop Stolen; Info On 7,800 Patients At Risk (2/26/07)
Stolen laptop had files on taxpayers (1/14/07)
Computer Theft Exposes Patient Data in Five States (1/5/07)
Being laptop theft puts U.S. data breach tally over 100M (12/15/06)
IRS Latest Federal Agency to Lose Laptops (11/15/06)
Stolen state database puts 1.4 million at ID-theft risk (11/3/06)
Starbucks loses 4 laptops with employee data
Nearly 60,000 employees in the United States affected by loss of personal information. (11/3/06)
VA reports two more data security lapses (11/3/06)
Army command laptop missing (11/2/06)
Stolen laptop had personal data on 1,200 college students and staff (11/2/06)
Gymboree gumshoe hunts thief
"Police not hopeful missing laptops will be recovered" (10/27/06)
T-Moblie Reports ID-theft risk
Stolen laptop - A letter discloses lost information on as many as 43,000 past and present employees (10/20/06)
50,000 among missing at GE. Current and former General Electric Co. employees were on an
employee's laptop computer stolen earlier this month (9/27/06)
Fraud Investigation May Be Tied to Stolen Laptop (9/8/06)
Laptop with data on 28,000 home care patients stolen in Detroit
An ID access code and password were with it! (8/23/06)
Data theft may hurt workers (8/16/06)
Second laptop from DOT in Miami is also missing (8/15/06)
Special Agent's Laptop Stolen, Data on Pilots Missing (8/12/06)
Stolen hospital laptop had patient data dating back to 2000 (8/2/06)
In separate incidents, three laptops stolen; data at risk
Two of them were being used by Navy recruiters (7/27/06)
Insurance Company Loses 540,000 N.Y. Employee Records (7/26/06)
A Million Identities Stolen From Two Financial Services Firms
The losses took place the old-fashioned way--by a burglar breaking into locked premises and carrying off the computers. (6/20/06)
FTC laptop theft puts 110 people at risk (6/23/06)
Equifax Reports Laptop Computer With Employee Data Stolen (6/20/06)
Confidential data at risk after laptop stolen
Lost data on 13,000 workers, retirees includes Social Security numbers (6/17/06)
Stolen YMCA laptop contained data on 68,000 members (6/2/06)
Ernst & Young laptop loss exposes 243,000 Hotels.com customers (6/1/06)
VA Loses Data on 26 Million Veterans
Employee Claims Laptop With Sensitive Data Was Stolen (5/22/06)
Wells Fargo computer with customer data missing (5/5/06)
Aetna says computer with member information stolen (4/26/06)
Laptop with Hewlett-Packard employees' ID stolen
196,000 workers and retirees had pension accounts with Fidelity (3/22/06)
Ernst & Young fails to disclose high-profile data loss –
Sun CEO's social security number exposed (2/25/06)
Northwest Hospital Chain Loses Patient Data –
Stolen Laptop Contains Unsecured Data on 365,000 Patients (2/2/06)
ChoicePoint to Pay $15M Over Data Breach (1/26/06)
Ameriprise notifying 226,000 customers, advisers of data theft (1/25/06)
Auto Injury Services Reports Missing Computer (1/10/06)
Ford loses employee data (12/22/05)
Laptop Containing SAISD Teachers' Personal Information Stolen (12/07/05)
Stolen State Laptop Contains Identity Information For Nearly 800 People (12/06/05)
Laptop With Customer Information Stolen From Bank (12/02/05)
Stolen Boeing laptop held ID data on 161,000 people (11/19/05)
TransUnion notifies consumers of data loss (11/09/05)
Hawaii personal information on stolen Safeway computer (11/05/05)
UT Medical Center warns of possible identity theft (11/01/05)
Soldiers Have Army Records Stolen (9/26/05)
Breaches in security require new laws (6/29/05)
KSU joins long list hurt by data theft (6/23/05)
Two computers stolen with Motorola staff data (6/10/05)
Laptop holding personal data of 44,000 students stolen from CSU (6/4/2005)
FBI Probes Theft of Justice Department Data (6/1/2005)
FBI Investigates Stanford Computer Breach (5/25/2005)
MCI: Employee Data Was On Stolen Laptop (5/23/2005)
Stolen Laptops Contain Medical Info on 185,000 Patients (04/08/2005)
Stolen UC Berkeley Laptop Exposes Personal Data of Nearly 100,000 (3/28/05)
Computer Theft May Put Workers' Data in Danger (2/3/2005)
ID theft fears linger after laptop returned (12/22/2004)
Stolen Computers Have Wells Fargo Data (11/02/2004)
Burglars hit Republicans' office (10/02/2004)
Laptops stolen from Bush-Cheney state headquarters in Bellevue
Intuit Warns of Credit Card Risk Due to Stolen Computers (7/14/2004)
UCLA Laptop Theft Exposes ID Info (6/10/2004)
Missing: A Laptop of DEA Informants (6/7/2004)
Contractor Experiences Theft - Loses Data for 95,000 Alameda Alliance for Health Customers (5/12/2004)
Car Thief Whisks Off Wells Fargo Data (4/16/2004)
Laptop Theft Puts Customer Data At Risk - GMAC Insurance Tells 200,000 Customers They Could Become Victims of Identity Theft (3/29/2004)
A Simple Theft Nets Wells Fargo a World of Woe - Break-in Behind Bar Puts Clients' Data at Risk (11/21/2003)
RECENT PC SECURITY NEWS AND DISCUSSION:
"many of Colt's clients" affected by breach, CNET included (6/25/08)
Privacy, data breaches still run rampant, shows survey of IT pros (12/17/2007)
More Bad News About Passwords (5/24/2007)
ID Theft Is Exploding In The U.S. (3/7/2007)
U.K. company fined over laptop theft (2/14/2007)
A Chronology of Data Breaches - Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (updated 1/14/2007)
Company fined $25,000 for losing laptop data (12/19/2006)
Average data breach costs companies $5 million (11/2/2006)
Data-breach costs rise year on year (10/25/2006)
Feds keep losing your data (10/20/2006)
Data breaches near 94 million (10/2/2006)
The Cold, Hard Costs of Data Exposure
Broken lock: $25. Stolen laptop: $1500. The cost of corporate data breach: Priceless. (9/28/2006)
Laptop Hall Of Shame (9/7/2006)
Laptop Liabilites: Preventing 21st Century Theft
How much might it cost to replace a stolen laptop? (8/23/2006)
Class Action Suit Against Union Pacific (7/6/2006)
Thieves' Indifference May Mean VA Laptop's Data Is Secure (7/1/2006)
Lawsuit Filed Over Stolen Personal Data
ING Laptop Stolen From Employee's Southeast Home (6/28/2006)
Humans are the top threat to computer security
Carelessness makes data more vulnerable than lack of encryption(6/19/2006)
Data-loss disclosure falls short (6/16/2006)
Security Cleanup Costs Much More Than Encryption: Gartner (6/6/2006)
Your laptop is worth more than you think (1/27/2006)
2005 worst year for breaches of computer security (12/28/2005)
Workers frustrated with password policies (9/28/2005)
Identity Theft Resource Center Reports 104 Security Breaches Since January 1st (9/6/2005)
Senate Ponders National ID Theft Notification (4/13/2005)
Gateway Lets Buyers Keep Old Hard Drives (8/24/2004)
How to Stop a Laptop Thief (7/1/2004)
Keep it Simple (6/1/2004)
Growing Use of Laptops a Security Risk for Customer Info (5/23/2004)
Data Breaches Are a Constant Threat and Put Companies in Danger of Losing Their Most Valuable Asset: Customer Trust (5/3/2004)
Passwords Revealed by Sweet Deal (4/20/2004)
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