Archive for the ‘Data Breach Alerts’ Category
Monday, August 4th, 2008
By Rebecca Seaman
By now, most savvy consumers are aware of Phishing Scams: emails supposedly sent from one of the entities we do business with asking us to verify our personal information by clicking on a link in the body of the email. We know that if our creditors or banking ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
By Rebecca Seaman
A modified bill that would allow victims of ID Theft to recoup costs in federal court and which would impose harsher restrictions on cyberattacks passed in the Senate this week. The bill, known as the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act, still needs to be approved by the ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
By Rebecca Seaman
Data breaches are on the rise, despite preventative measures such as state notification laws. Specifically, the Washington Post reports that data breaches reported by businesses, governments and universities are up 69 percent this year. Businesses alone accounted for a 27 percent increase in breaches, or one third of ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Company - Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow, Vermont
Assessment - data of 28,168 credit card transactions could have been accessed by hackers in February
Type of Information Breached - credit card numbers, expiration names & names
More info can be found here.
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