Breach Exposes Ross-Simons Credit Card Information (Breach Affects Only Private Label Account Applicants)
Rhode Island retailer Ross-Simons said the personal information of thousands of credit card applicants may have been compromised. NBC 10 Consumer Reporter Audrey Laganas reported that about 32,000 accounts were potentially at risk. All of the accounts bel...
Security Needs Boost RFID
Security and process integrity have replaced inventory control as RFID"s primary driver. Legal mandates are imposing a deadline for implementation. Initially conceived to prevent theft and improve inventory control, RFID (radio frequency identification) is...
MySpace.com Hires Official to Oversee Users" Safety (CSO)
MySpace.com, the social networking Internet site popular with young people that has alarmed some parents and law enforcement officials concerned about sexual predators, announced yesterday that it was hiring a former federal prosecutor to be its first chie...
Service remotely encrypts or deletes data
Desktop management service provider Everdream on Tuesday announced a service that makes it possible to encrypt or delete data even after a laptop has gone missing. The new Everdream "Theft Recovery Managed Service" allows organizations to retain control ...
I.R.S. Asks PayPal for Taxpayer Data
WASHINGTON, April 11 (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that it had won approval from a federal court to ask the online payment company PayPal to turn over information about people who may be evading taxes by hiding income in other c...
Phone records for sale
A dozen companies selling records of private phone calls in the U.S. have been subpoenaed by U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton.
Hackers Access Financial Data At UMDNJ
(AP) NEWARK Computer hackers were able to gain access to the Social Security numbers and other confidential financial information of almost 2,000 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey students and alumni, university officials said. UMDNJ kep...