A Chronology of Data Breaches
The data breaches noted below have been reported because theа personal information compromised includes data elements useful toа identity thieves, such as Social Security numbers, account numbers, and driver"s license numbers. Some breaches that do NOT exp...
New IBM Technology Designed To Combat Consumer Data Theft
IBM on Tuesday unveiled new technology it says will help curb the growing problem of businesses exposing, either through theft or carelessness, sensitive consumer data routinely stored on their computer networks. The technology, newly embedded in the com...
Are companies ready to trust DHS database?
The Department of Homeland Security has quieted some but not all the concerns that have kept many U.S. companies from voluntarily submitting critical infrastructure information (CII) to the agency. The DHS badly needs private sector input in order to inc...
Group warns of the misuse of patients" medical data
Government and private-sector efforts to build a nationwide health information infrastructure are ignoring the issues posed by secondary uses of data from patients' records, according to a new report from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)...
Facebook Founder Apologizes In Privacy Flap; Users Given More Control
Facebook on Friday tightened privacy controls for a controversial news feed feature, as founder Mark Zuckerberg apologized to hundreds of thousands of angry users, saying the social-networking site "really messed this one up." While apparently well inten...
"Second Life" exposes real-world user data
Second Life, the fast-growing online site where hundreds of thousands of people play out fantasy lives online, has suffered a computer security breach that exposed the real-world personal data of its users. Linden Lab, the San Francisco-based company behin...
TSA contractor sends personal information to wrong former employees
The agency responsible for safeguarding the nation"s airports from terrorists has its own security problem after a contractor accidentally mailed documents containing Social Security numbers of former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees ...