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Monday, June 20, 2005
* Security breach may have exposed 40M credit cards
* Keyboard cops
* Congress offers competing ideas on fighting ID theft
* IBM to buy asset management software maker Isogon
* U.K. government is target of e-mail attacks
* U.S. delays bio-passport requirement for one year
* Microsoft talks piracy with Indonesian government
* Product Guide: iLumin Assentor Compliance 3.3
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SECURITY BREACH MAY HAVE EXPOSED 40M CREDIT CARDS
A hacker was able to access potentially 40 million credit card numbers by
infiltrating the network of a company that processed payment data for
MasterCard International and other companies, MasterCard said Friday.
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KEYBOARD COPS
I'm a sucker for true-crime shows. Maybe it comes from being a former
police reporter, but believe me, Court TV would love to clone me to
boost its ratings.
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CONGRESS OFFERS COMPETING IDEAS ON FIGHTING ID THEFT
WASHINGTON - Several U.S. senators pushed for new identity theft
regulations on U.S. businesses, but a range of conflicting ideas was
presented at a Thursday hearing, including a proposal requiring
licensing of companies that sell personal data.
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better selling and marketing.
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IBM TO BUY ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE MAKER ISOGON
IBM is scooping up another of its partners, announcing plans on
Thursday to acquire mainframe software maker Isogon. Financial terms of
the deal were not disclosed.
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U.K. GOVERNMENT IS TARGET OF E-MAIL ATTACKS
LONDON -- Critical infrastructure providers in the U.K. are being
targeted in Trojan e-mail attacks designed to steal sensitive
information such as passwords and documents, a national infrastructure
security agency warned Thursday.
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U.S. DELAYS BIO-PASSPORT REQUIREMENT FOR ONE YEAR
The U.S. is delaying by up to a year a deadline for 27 countries covered
by its visa waiver program to begin issuing passports with biometric
identification information, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
said on Wednesday.
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MICROSOFT TALKS PIRACY WITH INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT
Microsoft is discussing a number of initiatives with the Indonesian
government including ways to legalize all of the software being used
within government ministries, a senior executive of Microsoft Indonesia
said Wednesday. But a firm agreement on any issue has yet to be reached,
he added, reacting to numerous reports that the company had signed a
piracy amnesty with the government.
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PRODUCT GUIDE: ILUMIN ASSENTOR COMPLIANCE 3.3
Assentor Compliance scans and archives messages, and helps ensure e-mail
follows corporate and regulatory requirements. It works well with all
e-mail platforms, plus it supports IM, Bloomberg, and BondDesk. The UI
isn't pretty, but admins can use it to quickly adjust
message-retention length and other characteristics such as keywords to
watch.
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via an "information grid." IDC analyst Stephen Hendrick
explains how to achieve a "360-degree view" of customers for
better selling and marketing.
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=DF51F8:3D50222
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