Citibank Data Security Breach, credit cards stolen
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Citibank Data Security Breach
Posted: 24th June 2011 by admin in Hacking News, PCI, risk assessment, Security Assesment, Security Policy, Web SecurityTags: citibank hack
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Pleasant Grove man sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for role in prescription fraud case
Posted: 27th May 2011 by admin in Government Security, Hacking News, HIPAA, Identity theft, Security Assesment, Security PolicyTags: Credit card, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Identity theft, Theft
Healthcare HIPAA Identity Theft
What is the value of a Data Breach?
Posted: 27th January 2010 by admin in Compliance, Hacking News, HIPAA, PCI, Security AssesmentTags: Citibank, Data Breach, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Ponemon Institute, Pretty Good Privacy
Image by Getty Images via Daylife SC magazine just reported that the Ponemon Institute has determined the cost of a data breach is $204 per record. “Data breaches last year cost organizations $204 per exposed record on average, which represents an almost two percent increase over 2008, according to the fifth annual “Cost of Data [...]
Data Loss, this time with Network Solutions
Posted: 27th July 2009 by admin in Hacking News, malware, PCI, Security Assesment, Web SecurityTags: data loss, network solutions, stolen data
Data Loss, this time with Network Solution Network Solutions, one of the largest domain registrars recently announced a data breach. Malicious code was found on its e-commerce server which may have captured transactions from thousands of websites and capturing half a million or more credit cards. The company said they found the code during a [...]
Healthcare Security- Identity Theft and Hacker ransom
Posted: 7th May 2009 by admin in Hacking News, Identity theft, Managed Security, Web SecurityTags: hacking, Identity theft, web security
I hope no one is actually shocked by this story. Records are stolen everyday. Typically, the hackers will sell the information in the underground somewhere is Eastern Europe or Asia. The fact that someone is asking for ransom, and so publicly it actually a good thing in my opinion. Why is it good you ask? (I [...]
Laptop Encryption – Serious lack of security
Posted: 30th April 2009 by admin in Hacking News, Managed SecurityTags: antivirus, data theft, firewall, hacker, laptop encrption, pgp, security
I believe that more personal information has been stolen than there are actual people in the US. How much was stolen from the government would prove a nice study. And has anyone in the government actually been fired? So the employee lost the laptop. Do you blame the employee or the agency for not educating [...]