Isn't it amazing that procedures are revised days (hours?) after an incident.
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20080102170749849
Robotic Industries Association site hacked; credit card details accessed
Wednesday, January 02 2008 @ 05:07 PM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews News Section: Breaches
Robotics Industries Association reported that a hacker accessed their administration site for Robotics Online on or about December 10th, gaining access to individual orders that contained credit card information. Seven residents of NH were affected, but national totals were not indicated.
Following the intrusion, the company deleted all credit card information from their site, and temporarily ceased accepting credit card orders
Source - Robotics Industries Association Notification to NH DOJ [pdf]
Ha! The excuse I predicted! (Again, procedures changes immediately.)
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20080103070058929
ID info at risk in laptop theft
Thursday, January 03 2008 @ 07:02 AM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews News Section: Breaches
Officials with one of Utah's largest insurance companies are searching for a stolen laptop containing Social Security numbers and other personal information for about 2,800 people and 1,400 companies.
The computer was taken from a car parked in the home garage of an auditor for the Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) on Dec. 9. But WCF said it chose not to issue a public statement at that time out of fear of alerting anyone that the laptop contained information that could be used for identity thefts.
Source - The Salt Lake Tribune
[From the article:
"As soon as this was discovered, every auditor brought in their laptops so that all information was removed," she said. "And, we've added additional levels of password protection."
The stolen laptop was password protected, she said. But as an additional precaution, auditors are now not allowed to store personal information, such as Social Security numbers, in their laptops and the computer information will be better encrypted.
Here's a legal opinion that won't be imported to the US.
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20080102091718346
De: Zypries: Retained data cannot be used in civil cases
Wednesday, January 02 2008 @ 09:17 AM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews News Section: Non-U.S. News
Retained telephone and Internet data may be used only by the police and the public prosecutor's office, says German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries. "Connection information can assist in the prosecution of terrorists and organized criminals but cannot be used to help the music industry pursue its rights under civil law," said the SPD party politician in an interview with Focus, the German news magazine.
Source - Heise
[From the article:
"Any government that tries to broaden its scope will lose all credibility."
... The music industry, backed by a number of political figures, had demanded access to this data to help pursue its claims for compensation against pirates.
Ditto
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20080102191923269
UK: 'Prosecute officials who lose public's details'
Wednesday, January 02 2008 @ 07:19 PM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews News Section: Breaches
WORKERS in the public and private sectors should face criminal charges if they put the security of personal data at risk through carelessness or impropriety, an influential group of MPs will say today.
Managers should also be obliged to report losses of data and other breaches to the government's information watchdog.
Source - Scotsman.com
Related - Guardian: MPs say losing computer data should be made a crime
Mortgage the house?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/02/jpmorgan-predicts-2008-will-be-nothing-but-net/
JPMorgan Predicts 2008 Will Be “Nothing But Net”
Erick Schonfeld January 2 2008
JPMorgan’s Internet analyst Imran Khan and his team released a massive 312-page report this morning titled Nothing But Net that paints a bullish picture for the major Internet stocks (Google, Amazon, Yahoo, eBay, Expedia, Salesforce.com, Ominiture, ValueClick, Monster.com, Orbitz, Priceline, CNET, etc.). Some key takeaways:
—Noting that, in 2007, Internet stocks delivered a 14 percent return versus 5 percent for the S&P 500, JPMorgan expects 34 percent earnings growth in 2008 for the Internet stocks it covers versus 8 percent earnings growth for the S&P 500.
Could it be this simple?
http://digg.com/software/Sixty_One_A_Digg_Like_Site_For_Music
Sixty One, A Digg Like Site For Music
thesixtyone.com — If Guitar Hero™ is about shredding, Then Sixty One is about scouting. Musicians upload music and listeners decide which songs go on the homepage.
http://www.thesixtyone.com/hot/
A whale of a deal for my Wise old Owls, Loon-y, Legal Eagle – even “Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant” (honest!) friends...
Wildlife Ringtones Reach Milestone
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Associated Press Writer Jan 3, 5:09 AM EST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- With the new year comes a new Web site and new ringtones featuring the growls, bugles and chirps of dozens of rare and endangered species from around the globe.
Center for Biological Diversity: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org
Endangered Species Ringtones: http://www.rareearthtones.org
No comments:
Post a Comment