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Nikon magazine hit with security breach

September 15, 2006 Incident reveals personal and financial information of 3,235 subscribers who had registered for the magazine online. TAGS: security breach, Nikon Corp., subscriber, magazine, security

Air Force hit with security breach

August 22, 2005 Air Force officials are busy notifying more than 33,000 airmen that a security breach has occurred with its online assignment and career management system. TAGS: security breach, career, security

Illinois university hit with security breach

July 5, 2006 Data on more than 180,000 people is at risk after hackers get into servers at Western Illinois University. TAGS: security breach, university, breach, institution, Illinois, incident, hacker, identity theft, student, security, credit card, server

Court orders data on credit card heist to be saved

August 4, 2005 CardSystems and three other companies are ordered not to destroy data related to the security breach at the payment processor. TAGS: CardSystems Solutions Inc., security breach, credit card, merchant, California, payment, security

Discover security breach, blame the co-workers?

August 24, 2007 IT managers in small, midsize companies believe staff members are responsible for online-security problems, survey finds. TAGS: information technology manager, security breach, small and medium business, Websense Inc., survey, policy, security

FBI widens probe of debit-card theft

February 22, 2006 A possible security breach involving at least one major retailer may be tied to other crimes and affect other companies. TAGS: OfficeMax Inc., debit card, Charlotte, security breach, investigation, Sacramento, banking, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., retailer, credit card, security, bank, U.S.

U.K.'s Home Office admits to database breaches

August 31, 2006 The government agency says four of five incidents involved members of staff accessing databases for unauthorized purposes. TAGS: security breach, ID card, spokesman, database, security, U.K.

OfficeMax: No evidence of security breach

March 15, 2006 Office-supply chain says study found no indication that the company's customer information was lost. TAGS: OfficeMax Inc., debit card, security breach, investigation, security

Web of intrigue widens in debit-card theft case

February 12, 2006 Wal-Mart acknowledges a breach but OfficeMax's role is uncertain in a case that has resulted in 200,000 cards being canceled. TAGS: OfficeMax Inc., debit card, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., security breach, Bank of America Corp., investigation, banking, Sacramento, credit card, bank, security

Analyst: Hidden costs in security breaches

March 2, 2005 Companies that cull consumer information are missing the mark in understanding customers' concerns, Forrester analyst says. TAGS: security breach, Forrester Research Inc., financial company, identity theft, bank, concern, security

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, security breach, Social Security, university, personal information, staff, database, student, security

Data breach bills resurface in Congress

February 7, 2007 Two bills take different approaches toward the tricky concept of how to regulate what happens if a company has a data leak. TAGS: security breach, Computer Fraud, breach, bill, Patrick Leahy, proposal, senator, agency, security

Navigating the law of unintended consequences

March 14, 2005 A legislative rush to prevent privacy violations could create more problems than they solve, says CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh. TAGS: security breach, law, legislator, Illinois, New Jersey, e-mail address, security, password, database, e-mail

TJX says 45.7 million customer records were compromised

March 29, 2007 Filing with the SEC reveals scope of the breach is far wider than previously believed. TAGS: breach, CardSystems Solutions Inc., security breach, debit card, investigation, point-of-sale, credit card, Canada, security, U.S.

Federal student aid site exposes borrowers' data

August 24, 2006 Education Dept. disables online payment feature of site, following security gaffe that could affect up to 21,000. TAGS: borrower, security breach, online payment, agency, identity theft, payment, security

Senate moves toward new data security rules

July 28, 2005 Three congressional committees meet to work on new security breach laws, though their proposals aren't quite ready for final vote. TAGS: data security, security breach, Sen., committee, data protection, notification, guideline, bill, social security number, Social Security, law, security, power

Banks scramble on debit card theft

February 13, 2006 Several large banks and credit unions are canceling cards because of a security breach--here's what you need to know. TAGS: debit card, ATM, bank, security breach, Bank of America Corp., financial company, payment, card, security, camera

Identity theft: Calendar

October 24, 2005 How are laws to combat ID fraud progressing? What events are coming up? Keep track with News.com's regularly updated schedule. TAGS: identity fraud, social security number, Social Security, security breach, identity theft, conference, sale, security, California

Senators propose sweeping data-security bill

June 30, 2005 Far-reaching bill includes an avalanche of new rules for corporate data security and stiff penalties for information burglars. TAGS: data security, security breach, Patrick Leahy, personally identifiable information, bill, penalty, Bank of America Corp., speech, Sen., senator, security, database

LexisNexis flap draws outcry from Congress

April 12, 2005 It took mere hours for LexisNexis' latest embarrassing data leak revelation to spur cries of condemnation from Congress. TAGS: LexisNexis, PayMaxx, ChoicePoint Inc., margin, security breach, social security number, Social Security, asset, security, database
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