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San Jose data breach
Huge data breach could compromise as many as 10 million credit card numbers
credit cards
March 30, 2012
It's been a while, but here we are again. A credit card data breach has just been reported, anddepending on who you listen to, it could affect...
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A disregard for privacy and identity theft
Identity Theft
August 13, 2011
The persuasive disregard by organizations to protect our personal information is heartbreaking. What have consumers and organizations learned about...
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Chances of escaping identity theft are slim
Identity Theft
July 5, 2011
Imagine, you walk into your new office and you seea copy of a job application letter on the top of a wastepaper basket full of office documents and...
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Reporting a data breach may be hazardous to your well-being (part 4)
data breach
May 29, 2011
I have taken about 60 days to publish the final part of this series of article. That is the same delay there was before a public notice was...
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Sony Playstation user data for sale?
Playstation data
April 29, 2011
Only a week after Sony took the PlayStation Network offline, rumors and misinformation continue to swirl around the unprecedented shutdown and...
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Sony facing government investigations and possible lawsuit over PSN data breach
playstation
April 27, 2011
Follow me on Twitterandon FacebookSony on Tuesday said that at least some personal informationhad been lostin the data breach of its PlayStation...
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Reporting a data breach may be hazardous to your well-being (part 3)
data breach
March 16, 2011
The extensive online information on each of the victims of the data breachrequired immediate securing of the information. To get the information...
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Reporting a data breach may be hazardous to your well-being (part 2)
data breach
March 9, 2011
While performing a routine Web search on the morning of October 20, 2010, I discovered a data breach. The Web search, containing two keywords, gave...
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Reporting a data breach may be hazardous to your well-being (part 1)
data breach
February 28, 2011
What would you do if youdiscovered thousands of consumer profiles including social security numbers in the trash or floating in cyberspace? In an...
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Wisconsin bungles another data breach and ID theft threat to 60,000
Wisconsin data breach
December 12, 2010
The State of Wisconsin has a history of mishandling data breaches, this time by the University of Wisconsin System. Last Thursday evening UW...
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