National Journal www.techdailydose.nationaljournal.com Retrieved 25 Aug 09 Go to Original Article Indictments Unveiled In Major Data Breach Two Russians and a Florida man were charged Monday in what the Justice Department said was the largest alleged credit card and debit card breach ever. The indictment names 28-year-old Albert Gonzalez of Miami, Fla., and two unnamed […]
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eWeek www.eweek.com By: Roy Mark Retrieved 25 Aug 09 Go to Original Article Leahy Takes Third Shot at Data Breach Notifications Having failed twice before to convince the U.S. Senate of the necessity for a national data breach notification standard, Sen. Patrick Leahy tees up the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act again. Senate Judiciary
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Digital Data Destruction Services (D3 Services) – Opens Office in Fort Myers October 16, 2009 Fort Myers, FL. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. D3 Services, the first company in the US to be awarded a GSA contract for digital data destruction has opened an office in Fort Myers. Founded in 2004, D3 Services is the first company
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The Paper Paradigm: A Call for a New Electronic Standard to Govern Digital Data Destruction By Roger Hutchison President, CD ROM, Inc. August, 2009 Click here for the article in PDF format Summary: Without exception, all major pieces of legislation which address privacy of information in some form to include HIPAA, SOX, GLB, FACTA call
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AP FoxNews.com Retrieved May 20, 2009 Go to Original Article The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation of the matter, according to Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and senior committee Republican Darrell Issa of California. The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing massive amounts
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Storage & Destruction Business (SDB) Retrieved 14 May 09 Go to Original Article A recent study, sponsored by BT and Sims Lifecycle Services, finds that more than one third of discarded hard drives still contain confidential data. The study was carried out by forensic computer science labs at Longwood University, located in the United States;
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by Karen Kavanaugh BLOGIVERSITY.ORG Retrieved 14 May 09 Go to Original Article One-third of used computers still contain government, military, banking, medical, business information ID theft All about how it happens and how you can keep it from happening to you. One-third of used computers still contain government, military, banking, medical, business information One of
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By Daily Mail ReporterMail OnlineRetrieved May 7, 2009Go to Original Article Computer hard drive sold on eBay ‘had details of top secret U.S. missile defence system Highly sensitive details of a US military missile air defence system were found on a second-hand hard drive bought on eBay. The test launch procedures were found on a
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The CityPaper Retrieved 16 Apr 09 Go to Original Article A former child support worker was arrested after attempting to sell the personal information — including names, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers — of 1,600 people. Steven K. Gilmore of Nashville, 27, was arrested late Wednesday and made his first appearance in federal
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By Jordan Robertson, Associated Press USA Today Retrieved March 16, 2009 Go to Original Article SAN FRANCISCO — Getting hacked is like having your computer turn traitor on you, spying on everything you do and shipping your secrets to identity thieves. Victims don’t see where their stolen data end up. But sometimes security researchers do,
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