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Showing 1-15 of 15 results foundUCLA 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.Slip-up exposes database to prying eyes
December 9, 2003 A developer's mistake leaves a database with millions of names, Social Security numbers and other personal details open to public access over the Internet.Start-up launches identity-theft search service
January 24, 2007 Service lets people check if their data is being traded online by criminals, but critics say it could be a boon for the same crooks.States fiddle while defrauders steal
June 21, 2005 States lag in investing in systems to detect fraud, which will cost the public big-time, warns SurePayroll President Michael Alter.Boston College reveals alumni data breach
March 17, 2005 School alerts more than 100,000 former students of an attack on a database that holds records used for fund raising.Congress may slap restrictions on SSN use
May 11, 2006 Identity fraud concerns spur promises of new laws restricting some commercial uses of Social Security numbers.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.Has the FBI ever heard of Google?
September 13, 2006 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says Uncle Sam's dubious claims for exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act don't wash in the Internet era.This week in security
March 18, 2005 The issue of privacy remained very public this week, following ChoicePoint's recent data leak.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.Police blotter: Texas student guilty in SSN hack
February 2, 2007 Former UT computer science student appeals conviction for writing program to guess Social Security numbers.Class action suit over ID theft tossed out
October 12, 2006 Acxiom, a data warehouser, had its databases looted at least twice. But judge throws out an ID-theft class action suit.National IDs for everybody?
October 4, 2004 CNET News.com's Washington watcher, Declan McCullagh, says politics might be behind Rep. David Dreier's plan to force Americans to carry national ID cards.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.LexisNexis break-in spurs more calls for reform
March 10, 2005 Renewed calls for legislation and industry reform follow theft of personal details of 32,000 Americans.
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