Monster shuts down rogue server after breach, 08/23/07: Monster Worldwide, whose job-hunting sites suffered a massive data breach caused by hackers, has shut down a rogue server that had been used to gather personal details of job seekers. First California, now New York City lets pensioner info slip, 08/23/07: The past few days have turned out to be a tad unlucky for some retirees. U.S. state pension fund admits breach of retiree data, 08/22/07: Red-faced officials at the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) are sending out letters of apology to about 445,000 state retirees after inadvertently printing their Social Security numbers on brochures announcing an upcoming election at the state pension fund. Study: Facebook users are easy targets for identity theft, 08/14/07: Users of the Facebook social-networking site are too gullible in giving up personal information, which could make them the targets of identity theft, according to Sophos research. Poll: Risky e-business: Please take our poll where we pose questions, such as, has your identity been compromised by a bank, credit card company or retailer? |
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