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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.
Jan 22 2009 11:04AM
Websense: Number of compromised websites at all-time high
Seventy percent of the most popular sites on the web have either hosted malicious content or contained a masked redirect, a recent study has found.
Jan 22 2009 10:47AM
Microsoft: the number of compromised PCs in Australia surged this year
The total amount of malware removed from Australian PCs grew by over 55 percent in the first half of 2008, Microsoft has reported.
Dec 11 2008 10:59AM
CBS page compromised by hackers
Finjan has warned internet users to be on their guard following an apparent compromised webpage on one of the sub-domains on the CBS.com portal.
Dec 1 2008 9:51AM
Compromised Halloween websites passing along rogue software
Users might end up with rogue anti-virus software on their machines by searching for Halloween costumes online.
Oct 23 2008 10:09AM
CNET site compromised by malware
Technology news site CNET has been compromised and is hosting malware, according to a security alert issued by a web monitoring company.
Aug 7 2008 10:18AM
US government security data compromised
The security of data held by the CIA, the FBI and the US Department of Defense was compromised earlier this year after a partner agency allowed zone transfer access of its Domain Name Services.
Jul 29 2008 7:39AM
Compromised file found in language pack for Firefox
An add-on for the popular Firefox browser hid potentially malicious code, possibly contaminating the machines of anyone who downloaded it.
May 9 2008 10:00AM
Compromised Ubuntu project servers used in attacks taken offline
The open-source Ubuntu Linux project had to take five of its eight Ubuntu-hosted community servers offline after they'd been commandeered by hackers and were launching attacks.
Aug 20 2007 6:09AM
Sensitive information of 140,000 new parents compromised
Forms containing the sensitive information of about 140,000 parents of newborns in the US are at risk for compromise after they were not shredded upon disposal, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) has told parents in a letter.
May 22 2007 10:48AM
More than half-million injured NY workers have personal info compromised
A PC holding the personal information of some 540,000 injured workers in New York state has been lost by a Chicago company contracted to manage the data.
Jul 25 2006 4:25PM
SSNs, names of more than 30,000 U.S. Navy enlistees compromised
The personal information of about 28,000 U.S. Navy sailors and their family members was posted on a public website this month, the military branch said in a statement.
Jun 26 2006 10:15PM
Personal info of 26,000 Agriculture Department employees compromised
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week that the identities of about 26,000 employees and contractors may have been compromised by the illegal hijacking of the agency’s computer systems earlier this month.
Jun 23 2006 10:36PM
Personal info of 196K HP employees compromised
A laptop containing the personal information of nearly 200,000 current and former Hewlett-Packard employees was stolen last week, according to a spokeswoman for Fidelity Investments.
Mar 23 2006 10:52PM
US-CERT warns of compromised web sites
US-CERT said Thursday that it was tracking malicious activity involving compromised web sites running Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 and possibly affecting users who visit the sites.
Jun 25 2004 5:48PM
