Personal data for 650,000 customers vanishes into thin air
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Bad timing for J.C. Penney CEO Personal information belonging to more than 650,000 US customers of J.C. Penney and other retailers is at risk after the company hired to safeguard the data lost a backup tape.â¦
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The personal details of up to 600,000 people were lost when a Royal Navy officer's laptop was stolen in the latest embarrassment to hit British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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The Vermont Agency of Human Services is warning some 70,000 people in the state that a computer breach may have exposed their Social Security Numbers and other personal data.
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Privacy concerns stemming from online shopping rose in 2007, a new study finds, as the loss or theft of credit card information and other personal data soared to unprecedented levels.
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Politicos just blowing smoke Opinion Data protection, privacy and information law have never been so high profile as in recent months. Following the loss of 25 million people's personal details by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), there has been what seems like a tide of gaffe after slip-up, all resulting in private personal details spilling out into the public domain.â¦
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It only takes 20 minutes on the Internet for an unprotected computer running Microsoft Windows to be taken over by a hacker. Any personal or financial information stored
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Hackers access personal data on thousands of customers who used the carrier's online store.
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Online fantasy game site "Second Life" has suffered a security breach in which the data of 650,000 users may have been exposed, including real names, addresses and billing information.
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Slippy fingers and leaky servers Personal information leaks reached unprecedented levels last year, according to a brace of studies out last week.â¦
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A laptop containing the personal details of 600,000 new and prospective military recruits has been stolen, the Ministry of Defense said Friday, the latest in a series of government blunders over data.
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A check-authorizing company said yesterday that credit, bank account, and other personal information on 2.3 million consumers had been stolen, but none of the data were used for identity theft or other financial fraud.
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Time to call the credit bureaus? Almost 1.4 million records containing the personal information of Californians likely stolen.
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A study released by the Customer Respect Group indicates that telecommunications companies are slipping when it comes to customer privacy, especially in comparison to retail and high-tech industries. A majority of companies surveyed were dound to ask for excessive, inappropriate personal data.
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Boeing's announcement that a laptop theft exposed information on 382,000 current and former employees nudges the total number of exposed records in the United States past the 100 million mark. Since last year. In 27B Stroke 6.
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GNUCitizen is describing an apparent vulnerability that could trick people into revealing personal data.
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R. James Nicholsonâs term was marked by the theft of a laptop computer that compromised the personal information of tens of millions of people.
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Laptop stolen from Royal Navy officer contained passport and bank details of 600,000 people