Industry News

The latest news

Here are the latest news from the industry:

• 2010-02-05 Preventing Twitter outage
• 2010-02-03 Breaking into Bitlocker
• 2010-01-28 Another Hospital Laptop Stolen
• 2010-01-28 Feds to boost fines for health data breaches
• 2010-01-27 Computer With Patients Personal Information Has Been Stolen
• 2010-01-25 Data Breaches Get Costlier
• 2010-01-19 Check Point Global Survey Reveals Rise in Unprotected Enterprise Endpoints
• 2010-01-12 Theft of patients info reported
• 2009-12-14 MoD inquiry after laptop stolen from headquarters
• 2009-12-11 First commercial tool to break BitLocker launched
• 2009-12-01 Stolen laptop had banking details on it.
• 2009-11-20 Burglary and theft account for a third of data security breaches
• 2009-11-18 Canada Revenue Service in series of security breaches
• 2009-11-16 Stolen laptop reveals unsecured GMH data
• 2009-11-06 Senate Panel Approves Data-breach Notification Bills
• 2009-11-05 Telcos data breach notification amendment is passed
• 2009-11-04 Insurer Says SS Numbers May Be On Stolen Laptop
• 2009-10-05 Stolen laptop had doctors tax IDs
• 2009-09-25 Care trust reveals theft of patients' data
• 2009-09-23 Madoff clients information breached
• 2009-09-07 Navy laptop with personal info missing
• 2009-08-31 Laptops containing medical details of patients stolen
• 2009-08-27 Records lost on USB devise - PA Consulting sacked
• 2009-08-24 Residents' data lost in stolen council laptops
• 2009-08-21 Laptop computers from Cal State Los Angeles stolen
• 2009-07-23 Information Commissioner takes action after two laptops are stolen
• 2009-07-22 HSBC fined GBP3.2 million by FSA over data loss
• 2009-06-01 A laptop with details of 109,000 members pension schemes has been stolen.
• 2009-04-24 Stolen government laptop has personal information on 1 million residents
• 2009-04-13 Stolen laptop has information on 14,000 patients
• 2009-03-25 Stolen University Laptop may have contained personal information
• 2009-03-12 Chicago Fire Department contractor's laptop stolen
• 2009-02-28 $20 million to veterans in 2006 data breach
• 2009-02-23 Starbucks sued after laptop data breach
• 2009-02-09 Laptop theft at Parkland Memorial Hospital
• 2009-01-30 Hospital sorry over stolen laptop
• 2009-01-27 Stolen laptop creates a stir at Southwestern
• 2009-01-24 Outrage over lost patient records
• 2008-12-29 Austin Peay Computers Stolen
• 2008-12-23 Customers bank details on stolen laptop
• 2008-12-12 Stolen laptop contained HP employee data
• 2008-11-26 Missing laptop puts Starbucks workers' data at risk
• 2008-11-25 Stolen laptops held data of 1,300 state employees
• 2008-11-21 Bought hard disks on eBay - got sensitive information.
• 2008-11-10 Info of 40,000 kids on stolen hard drives
• 2008-10-23 Computers stolen from City of Fresno contractor
• 2008-10-14 BSkyB employee data stolen
• 2008-10-10 Stolen laptop had state workers' information
• 2008-10-09 Stolen laptop held personal data on 84,000 UND alumni
• 2008-10-02 Lost data total nears 30 million records
• 2008-09-30 Manager sacked after laptop theft
• 2008-09-26 Stolen laptop contained NBC mortgage loan database
• 2008-09-05 Computer stolen from Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon HIV Day Center
• 2008-09-04 Ten stolen computers from Oakland Unified School District
• 2008-09-03 Stolen Reynoldsburg City Schools laptop affects students
• 2008-09-02 RIT and NTID have laptop with personal information stolen
• 2008-08-27 One Million Bank customers info and signatures sold on eBay
• 2008-08-22 Missing memory key: a fiasco waiting to happen
• 2008-08-22 Kingston Tax Service client information on stolen computers
• 2008-08-14 Nearly a dozen laptops are stolen from Charter Communications
• 2008-08-10 Sixteen laptops over ten years are stolen from the Irish Office of Comptroller and Auditor General
• 2008-08-06 Ex-Delphi employee information was on stolen flash drive
• 2008-07-28 Laptop stolen from Hillsborough Community College
• 2008-07-21 Baxter International reports a stolen HR laptop
• 2008-07-11 Fort Lewis soldiers exposed by laptop theft
• 2008-07-08 Laptop containing personal information is stolen from U.S. Foodservice
• 2008-07-01 637,000 laptops lost at American airports every year
• 2008-06-26 6,500 CNET Employees Notified After Data Breach
• 2008-06-18 Six laptops stolen from NHS hospital held data on 20,000 patients
• 2008-06-13 Laptop disappear w employee information
• 2008-06-10 Stolen PC expose 6,200 students personal information
• 2008-06-08 Stanford Univ. lose laptop - 72,000 persons at risk
• 2008-06-04 Stolen AT&T laptop may reveal Managers salary and bonus info.
• 2008-05-22 HealthSpring laptop with personal data stolen
• 2008-05-14 Official apology by CEO after company laptop stolen
• 2008-05-09 Consultant loses laptop with customer employees' personal info
• 2008-05-01 88,000 patients at risk after computer theft
• 2008-04-24 Accounting firm lose laptop
• 2008-03-22 Agilent workers' personal data on stolen laptop
• 2008-03-19 Laptop is stolen from Pfizer independent contractor
• 2008-03-14 Laptop with 4,800 patients information stolen in Salt Lake City
• 2008-02-28 Missing Home Office CD found inside a Laptop
• 2008-02-26 Laptop theft breaks data protection law
• 2008-02-19 NHS laptop with more than 5000 patient records stolen
• 2008-02-08 Non- encrypted laptops becomes desktops at Whitehall.
• 2008-01-28 Marks and Spencer to encrypt all laptops after theft.
• 2008-01-21 MoD laptop with personal information relating to 600,000 people stolen.
• 2008-01-03 Tougher data laws needed, say MPs
• 2007-12-17 Another hard disk lost for the UK government
• 2007-12-12 260,000 blood donators information stolen.
• 2007-12-04 Encryption is here to stay
• 2007-11-23 Laptop stolen from auditors. Customers information is compromised.
• 2007-11-16 Fraudster produce false credit cards after laptop theft.
• 2007-11-07 Inquiry to be held after information stolen
• 2007-10-30 Laptop theft puts 10,000 at risk.
• 2007-10-22 Brewery lose laptop - offer lifetime beer supply in reward.
• 2007-09-24 Check Point Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for 2007 Mobile Data Protection Magic Quadrant
• 2007-09-06 Hard drive with Democratic Party data sold on eBay.
• 2007-02-23 The stolen laptop now cost Nationwide GBP1M in fine. Encryption for GBP8/month would have fixed it!
• 2007-01-10 Laptops belonging to consulting giant Towers Perrin reported stolen.
• 2006-12-14 Boeing laptop theft puts staff at risk.
• 2006-12-04 Protected health information breached in laptop theft
• 2006-11-22 Three Met Police laptops stolen
• 2006-11-20 Nationwide laptop stolen from employee's home
• 2006-11-10 Laboratory computer drives found at drug arrest
• 2006-11-01 Laptop with employee data disappeared from airplane luggage
• 2006-09-27 GE Laptop Theft Exposes Data On Thousands
• 2006-09-18 Auditors laptop with confidential information stolen.
• 2006-08-27 Hospital laptop containing information on 28,400 patients stolen.
• 2006-08-22 Insurance agents laptop stolen from his car
• 2006-08-07 ID theft fears after targeted laptop stolen
• 2006-07-28 Laptop worst thing to lose
• 2006-06-27 Bush administration says "ENCRYPT YOUR LAPTOPS!"
• 2006-06-26 OEB information security directive solution guide
• 2006-06-23 3,000 students' information stolen from laptop left in car
• 2006-06-07 Lost hard drive holds data on 330,000 social security numbers
• 2006-06-05 Replaced hard disk with personal information emerges again
• 2006-04-27 Health care insurer lose a laptop with information on some 38,000 members.