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UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk

December 12, 2006 For more than a year, an intruder has been accessing private information on students and staff, among others, the university says. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, security breach, university, personal information, database, staff, student, security

Britain to use ID card database as national register

April 19, 2006 Public agencies will be able to use personal information submitted to database as part of compulsory ID card scheme. TAGS: ID card, personal information, Britain, database, agency, U.K.

Online attack puts 1.4 million records at risk

October 21, 2004 Time to call the credit bureaus? Almost 1.4 million records containing the personal information of Californians likely stolen. TAGS: bureau, decision support system, researcher, personal information, social security number, record, state, Social Security, survey, database, security

Judge: Firm not negligent in failure to encrypt data

February 15, 2006 Federal court throws out suit attacking student loan provider for failing to encrypt customer database subsequently stolen. TAGS: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, identity fraud, Judge, personal information, security, laptop computer, database

Hacker may have pilfered personal data from USDA

June 22, 2006 Agriculture Dept. tells 26,000 employees, contractors that their names, Social Security numbers, photos may be at risk. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, agency, contractor, personal information, hacker, hacking, monitoring, database, photograph

Ducking a bullet over data encryption

February 22, 2006 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains why financial institutions heaved a sigh of relief after passage of a new statute on customer database encryption. TAGS: borrower, financial company, personal information, lawsuit, statute, duty, Judge, Texas, laptop computer, database
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