http://www.databreaches.net/?p=3863
Deja vu all over again: Another Continental Airlines laptop stolen
May 9, 2009 by admin Filed under: Business Sector, Theft, U.S.
Continental Airlines, which reported a laptop stolen from their Newark office earlier this year found themselves again in the unenviable position of notifying employees of yet a second stolen laptop.
On March 30, a laptop was stolen that contained employee information such as name, Social Security number, Continental ID number, position title, and contact address.
Through what appears to be an oversight on Continental’s part, the notification letter (pdf) sent to the the Maryland Attorney General’s Office appears to be a duplicate of the letter sent describing the first breach, with only the date of notification to individuals changed. It’s not clear, then, whether this second laptop was stolen from an office, home, vehicle, or other location, and how many employees, total, had information on this second stolen laptop.
Why would they even ask unless putting agency data on personal computers was commonplace? Apparently they have no tools for checking? (They are available free at any hacker site.)
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=3831
Security breach exposes foster children’s data on the internet
May 9, 2009 by admin Filed under: Exposure, Miscellaneous, U.S.
On February 19, the National Center for Children and Families was alerted that some foster children’s personal information including Social Security numbers was exposed on the internet. An investigator hired by the agency tracked down the source of the breach: a family member of a former employee had inadvertently exposed the files via file-sharing software.
According to the NCCF’s notification (pdf), the former employee had “mistakenly assured agency officials at the time of her departure from the agency that no agency data existed on her personal computer.”
Is it naïve to think we don't do the same thing?
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/09/229217&from=rss
In France, Fired For Writing To MP Against 3 Strikes
Posted by kdawson on Sunday May 10, @08:03AM from the nous-sommes-desolees dept.
neurone333 sends along the cause célèbre of the moment in France: a Web executive working for TF1, Europe's largest TV network, sends an email to his Member of Parliament opposing the government's "three strikes and you're out" proposal, known as Hadopi. His MP forwards the email to the minister backing Hadopi, who forwards it to TF1. The author of the email, Jérôme Bourreau-Guggenheim, is called into his boss's office and shown an exact copy of his email. Soon he receives a letter saying he is fired for "strong differences with the [company's] strategy" [Sounds better than “disloyalty” Bob] — in a private email sent from a private (gmail) address. French corporations and government are entangled in ways that Americans might find unfamiliar. Hit the link below for some background on the ties between TF1 and the Sarkozy government.
The Irish times has an explanation for the incestuous relationship between his government and TF1: "TF1's owner, the construction billionaire Martin Bouygues, is godfather to Mr Sarkozy's youngest son, Louis. Mr. Bouygues suggested to Mr. Sarkozy that he ought to ban advertising on TF1's rival stations in the public sector, which was done in January. Laurent Solly, who was deputy director of Mr. Sarkozy's presidential campaign, is now number two at TF1. Last year, TF1 sacked Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, the station's star presenter for the previous 21 years. Poivre had angered Mr Sarkozy by saying he "acted like a little boy" at a G8 summit. He was replaced by Laurence Ferrari. Mr. Sarkozy reportedly told Mr. Bouygues he wanted to see the young blond on the news."
One to follow... As long as liability is tied to retail price, why not?
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/09/1339213&from=rss
Should Developers Be Liable For Their Code?
Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 09, @11:18AM from the this-can-only-end-well dept. Security
Glyn Moody writes
"They might be, if a new European Commission consumer protection proposal, which suggests 'licensing should guarantee consumers the same basic rights as when they purchase a good: the right to get a product that works with fair commercial conditions,' becomes law. The idea of making Microsoft pay for the billions of dollars of damage caused by flaws in its products is certainly attractive, but where would this idea leave free software coders?"
No doubt he learned understatement at the J school
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/hackers-wanted-journalism-need.html
Hackers wanted! Scholarships available to coders who'll come to journalism and help save democracy
by Brian Boyer
… Tell your programmer friends: The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University is giving away full scholarships, plus expenses, to software developers. They can get a masters degree in journalism, gratis, from one of the most prestigious J-schools around.
Now I can steal more easily incorporate the examples I find.
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