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Laptop Hall Of Shame
Robert Ellis Smith writes that, when the history of personal privacy is written--and there are persons who monitor this sort of thing--they will call this "The Year of the Stolen Laptop."
Laptop theft is damaging enough, but the real problem is the data that they could acquire from the laptop. Sensitive data like credit card informations, business spreadsheets, database of clients.
Laptop theft is damaging enough, but the real problem is the data that they could acquire from the laptop. Sensitive data like credit card informations, business spreadsheets, database of clients.
Encryption and Passwords is a must for every company in order to protect their data.
BP Employee loses laptop with Gulf residents' claims data
BP was in hot water last year due to an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months. And now, CBSNews reports that, "a BP employee lost a laptop containing personal data belonging to thousands of Louisiana residents who filed claims for compensation after the Gulf oil spill."
BP spokesman Curtis Thomas said that, "The laptop was password-protected, but the information was not encrypted." Furthermore, "the oil giant on Monday mailed out letters to roughly 13,000 people whose data was stored on the computer, notifying them about the potential data security breach and offering to pay for their credit to be monitored. The company also reported the missing laptop to law enforcement."
With two strikes under the company in two years, it would be best if they don't wait around for a third. Encrypt your files.
Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/29/business/main20048504.shtml
As scope of e-mail hack grows, should you be worried?
The scope of this breach is potentially huge and has continued to grow over the weekend, with companies like TiVo, JPMorgan Chaseand Capital One coming forward to say their customers have been affected. Epsilon reports sending 40 billion e-mails per year on behalf of its 2,500 clients. Reuters calls this potentially "one of the biggest such breaches in U.S. history."
Acquiring a database as huge as this is a fairly terrifying thing to imagine. With this, spammers will get to target more addresses.
Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/04/04/epsilon.stolen.emails/index.html
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