Purdue notifies alumni of 2000 computer breach
People who attended Purdue University in 2000 were being notified of a security breach that might have resulted in unauthorized access to identifying information, including Social Security numbers. University officials discovered the incident this month d...
Googling for ATM Master Passwords
Using clues obtained from a YouTube video and a simple four-word Google search engine query, a criminal can find step-by-step instructions for how to hack into and take control of thousands of ATMs scattered around the United States. Following up on a CN...
Storm building over RFID-enabled passports
As the U.S. government prepares to complete a conversion to the controversial RFID-based electronic passports, traditional paper-only IDs are still available for a few months to those listening to the raging debate over security and privacy concerns swirli...
Commerce Department loses 1,137 laptops
The Commerce Department has lost 1,137 laptop computers since 2001, most of them assigned to the Census Bureau, officials said Thursday night. No personal information has been known to have been improperly used. The number of people affected could not be ...
Hewlett-Packard Sponsors Award for "Privacy Innovation" Amid Surveillance Scandal
Thursday September 21, 4:19 pm ET By Brian Bergstein, AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Insert your own punch line: Hewlett-Packard Co., the technology company facing federal and state investigations for spying on board members and journalists, is co-...
The ID Chip You Don"t Want in Your Passport
If you have a passport, now is the time to renew it -- even if it"s not set to expire anytime soon. If you don"t have a passport and think you might need one, now is the time to get it. In many countries, including the United States, passports will soon be...
Europe may require data breach notification
The European Commission has published proposals for a law change that would force telecoms firms to notify regulators and customers of all breaches of their data security. A similar law in California has resulted in a stream of data breaches being made pub...