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Hackers breach US electric grid

Hackers breach US electric grid

News of a recent security breach in the US electrical grid is prompting new security worries and calls for better protections.
Shaun Nichols Apr 9 2009 10:30AM Security
Federal Police swings into action on credit card leak

Federal Police swings into action on credit card leak

Officers from the Australian Federal Police have swung into action to mitigate the fallout from the exposure of about 19,000 credit card numbers, as uncovered by an Australian IT worker last week.
Brett Winterford Mar 23 2009 10:49AM Security
Westpac re-calls customers without consent

Westpac re-calls customers without consent

Westpac has been formally warned for breaching the Do Not Call register after it called customers that had asked not to be contacted about its products or services.
Staff Writers Mar 16 2009 5:44PM Telco/ISP
Heartland, RBS WorldPay no longer PCI compliant: Visa

Heartland, RBS WorldPay no longer PCI compliant: Visa

Visa announced on Friday that it has removed Heartland Payment Systems and RBS WorldPay -- two payment processors that have announced massive data breaches in recent months -- from its list of service providers compliant with payment industry guidelines.
Dan Kaplan Mar 16 2009 10:57AM Security
New York Police Department loses as many as 80,000 records

New York Police Department loses as many as 80,000 records

A recent offline data breach may have put tens of thousands of New York City police officers at risk of identity theft.
Shaun Nichols Mar 6 2009 3:13PM Security
Visa claims payment processor breach is not new

Visa claims payment processor breach is not new

In an effort to quiet speculation within the security community, Visa has issued a statement denying that a new payment processor breach has occurred.
Dan Kaplan Mar 3 2009 11:27AM Security
Processor breach will not hit Heartland scale: analysts

Processor breach will not hit Heartland scale: analysts

A recent processor breach that was reported by Visa will not reach the scale of the Heartland compromise, according to analysts.
Dan Raywood Mar 2 2009 2:58PM Security
Visa confirms another payment processor breach

Visa confirms another payment processor breach

Another payment processor has fallen victim to hackers, Visa confirmed yesterday, though it has yet to emerge which company has been hit.
Dan Kaplan Feb 24 2009 11:22AM Security
Almost 100,000 student details compromised in University of Florida data breach

Almost 100,000 student details compromised in University of Florida data breach

Officials at the University of Florida have reported a breach with the details of almost 100,000 people compromised.
Dan Raywood Feb 23 2009 10:42AM Security
First arrests made in Heartland data breach case

First arrests made in Heartland data breach case

Three men have been arrested in Florida in connection with the Heartland data breach, according to US authorities.
Chuck Miller Feb 16 2009 11:41AM Security
Bottle Domains customers caught in security scare

Bottle Domains customers caught in security scare

The Australian Federal Police is investigating a security breach at Australian registrar Bottle Domains that may have exposed an unknown number of account and domain name passwords.
Ry Crozier Feb 10 2009 4:17PM Security
Australian domain registrar suffers security breach

Australian domain registrar suffers security breach

The Australian Federal Police is investigating a security breach at Australian registrar Bottle Domains that may have exposed an unknown number of account and domain name passwords.
Ry Crozier Feb 10 2009 4:17PM Security
Annual study reveals cost of a data breach keeps climbing

Annual study reveals cost of a data breach keeps climbing

The cost of a data breach rose to a new record in 2008, according to the fourth annual Ponemon Institute study.
Dan Kaplan Feb 3 2009 11:16AM Security
With economy in tailspin, Monster discloses major breach

With economy in tailspin, Monster discloses major breach

Monster.com is advising users to change their passwords - and experts are warning of phishing scams on the horizon - after the the job site suffered another breach.
Dan Kaplan Jan 27 2009 3:30PM Security
Heartland incident provides opportunity to standardise data breach notification laws

Heartland incident provides opportunity to standardise data breach notification laws

The Heartland data breach is an opportunity for the US government to standardise data breach notification laws, says Entrust.
Dan Raywood Jan 23 2009 10:52AM Security
More than 100 million credit cards may have been compromised in data breach

More than 100 million credit cards may have been compromised in data breach

With potentially over 100 million cards being compromised, a data breach incident in the US could be the largest ever recorded.
Dan Raywood Jan 22 2009 11:04AM Security
Telcos the worst offenders for Do Not Call breaches

Telcos the worst offenders for Do Not Call breaches

Telcos trying to promote new phone plans and other related services accounted for over half of all Do Not Call Register complaints in the last 12 months.
Staff Writers Jan 15 2009 2:44PM Telco/ISP
EMX reaches $10,000 SMS spam settlement with ACMA

EMX reaches $10,000 SMS spam settlement with ACMA

A small Sydney-based firm will pay a $10,000 ‘settlement’ to the Australian Communications and Media Authority for allegedly spamming numbers it had rented as a list from a commercial brokerage.
Staff Writers Jan 6 2009 12:18PM Telco/ISP
SMS ‘confirmations’ put Hyarchis in hot water: ACMA

SMS ‘confirmations’ put Hyarchis in hot water: ACMA

ACMA has released the content of alleged spam SMS messages sent by Hyarchis and suggested that if they had been ‘purely factual’ there may not have been grounds to issue a formal warning.
Ry Crozier Nov 26 2008 12:50PM Telco/ISP
Hyarchis sets record straight on spam warning

Hyarchis sets record straight on spam warning

Hyarchis has described the formal warning issued to it by ACMA over alleged SMS spam as a ‘slap in the face’ that sets a dangerous precedent for the entire web marketing industry.
Ry Crozier Nov 24 2008 3:23PM Security

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