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Security breach delays Gnome 2.6 release
News A security breach is likely to delay for several days today's scheduled release of the next version of the popular Gnome open source desktop environment, a member of the release team said. Jeff Waugh, the head beekeeper of the Gnome Release Team...
[March 24, 2004, 9:45]
Security chief: Data-breach laws must be fair
News Any UK data-breach legislation must not single out businesses or consumers but be fair to both, according to a security company chief. California's data-breach law has also forced companies to take data security seriously — and has given consumers...
[September 20, 2007, 8:50]
Security breach hits Cisco users
News Cisco customers received emails on Tuesday from the networking equipment company advising them of a security breach. Needless to say we're investigating the incident which does not appear to be due to a weakness in our security products and...
[August 3, 2005, 16:30]
Morpheus denies security breach
News Rising to recent reports of an alleged security breach, StreamCast stated in an email to ZDNet Australia "there has never been a security breach in Morpheus since its introduction in April 2001". The implication being that a security breach is...
[February 6, 2002, 10:22]
TK Maxx owner criticised after security breach
News Although the security breach took place in the US, UK customers may have been affected. According to a Visa email alert sent to financial institutions, parent company TJX was storing credit card information in violation of the Payment Card Industry...
[January 30, 2007, 13:32]
Amazon subsidiary admits security breach
News The fact that a hacker had access to Bibliofind's records for four months without Bibliofind discovering the breach is simply a case of the company not keeping a good eye on its site, said Richard Power, editorial director of the Computer Security...
[March 6, 2001, 9:49]
Exclusive: Egg admits security breach
News UK Online bank Egg, blamed "human error" Wednesday for the security breach which allowed a user to access another customer's account. Halifax was the victim of a similar security breach last week -- with a customer logging onto someone elses share...
[December 1, 1999, 13:26]
Dabs customers caught in Internet security breach
News BuyB4Sold.co.uk has admitted that the security breach was caused by a "human error". In this occasion it has clearly been highlighted that despite security measures being in place, a serious mistake has happened.
[September 14, 2001, 17:22]
Compliance: The California Security Breach Notification Act (SB 1386)
White Papers The California Security Breach Notification Act states that any business or agency that uses a computer to store confidential personal information about a California resident must immediately notify that individual upon discovering any breach to...
[May 15, 2008, 1:01]
Barclays security breach forces online service to close
News UK bank Barclays was hit by an online security breach Monday morning which allowed at least four customers to access the bank details of other Barclays customers. The breach follows the introduction of new security infrastructure designed to...
[July 31, 2000, 17:57]
Wi-Fi hack caused TK Maxx security breach
News Analysts have estimated the breach will cost the company approximately $1bn (£500m), excluding any litigation costs. TK Maxx's parent company, TJX, had secured its wireless network using Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) — one of the weakest forms of...
[May 8, 2007, 16:13]
News Burst: Barclays hit by Internet security breach
News UK bank Barclays experienced an online security breach Monday morning allowing visitors to access other customers' bank details. The breach follows the introduction of new security infrastructure designed to strengthen the bank's defences Saturday...
[July 31, 2000, 17:27]
Virgin.net calls police over security breach
News The police have been called in to assist Internet service provider Virgin.net following Sunday's "security breach," that forced the company to close all its email accounts and prevented thousands of users getting online.
[January 11, 2000, 12:05]
HSBC Bangalore suffers £233,000 security breach
News A security breach at HSBC's offshore data-processing unit in Bangalore has led to £233,000 being stolen from the accounts of a small number of UK customers. He declined to comment any further on the details of the breach but said all affected...
[June 28, 2006, 11:55]
Ohio University suffers massive security breach
News Little personal information was believed to be lost in that breach, but a second breach was found three days later on 24 April. Data thieves may have plundered Social Security numbers and other private information — including health records...
[May 12, 2006, 9:00]
What consitutes a true security breach?
Talkback We are too quick to designate a minor slip in security as a data security breach that justifies the delivery of notice to affected customers and citizens. In the States we have a problem. The result is a senseless blizzard of notices that serves...
[December 21, 2007, 22:04]
BT apologises for BTopenworld security breach
News Yesterday's breach is a huge blunder, according to Kevin Black, a spokesman for Internet Security Systems, who is scathing -- "At any Web site where you are storing information of such an obviously sensitive nature, a correct process should be...
[April 28, 2000, 12:15]
3 in 5 British firms suffer security breach - report
News As many as three in five British businesses have experienced a computer-related security breach in the last two years, according a new technical report into information security to be published next week.
[April 3, 2000, 15:14]
Hacker site claims third security-firm website breach
News A Romanian hacker site said on Wednesday it was able to breach the website of Helsinki-based security firm F-Secure just as it had gained access to the sites of two other security companies earlier in the week.
[February 12, 2009, 15:31]
HSBC Bangalore suffers £233,000 security breach
Talkback At our Bagalore call centre a guy detected two major security flaws and reported them to his manager. HSBC's World-Class Service a fact/ joke Managers at the same place have caused a loss of millions of pounds.
[September 16, 2006, 12:25]
