SafeBoot - Mobile Data Security

 

This section spotlights some of the largest data breach incidences in the past few years. We also offer you SafeBoot's opinion on these stories in our new "Our Take" pieces, contributed by SafeBoot Chief Technical Officer,Simon Hunt

• Response to Cold Boot Attack Report
  March 6, 2008
  
  
  
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• Identity theft may be problem for TAMUCC students
  June 16, 2007
  
  
  
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• Stolen Laptop Stored Personal Police Data
  June 1, 2007
  
  
  
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• Lax security led to TJX breach
  May 4, 2007
  
  A wireless network that employed less protection than many people use on their home systems appears to be the weak link that led TJX Companies, the US-based retailing empire, to preside over the world's biggest known theft of credit-card numbers.
  
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• E-Files on 9/11 stolen
  May 3, 2007
  
  A laptop containing "sensitive information" about 9/11, including graphic photos of victims, has been stolen from a vehicle used by a top medical examiner official that was parked near Ground Zero, The Post has learned
  
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• Stolen laptops fuel industrial espionage fears for UK software firm
  April 20, 2007
  
  A UK-based hi-tech firm that's become the victim of "industrial espionage" is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for stealing its computer hardware.
  
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• Data theft replaces malware as top security concern
  April 19, 2007
  
  Theft of information and regulatory compliance are beginning to replace malware infestation and hacking as the top security concerns, according to a poll of enterprise IT security chiefs.
  
  
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• Personal data at risk in lost IRS laptops
  April 5, 2007
  
  At least 490 IRS computers have been stolen or lost since 2003 in security breaches that potentially jeopardized the personal information of more than 2,000 taxpayers, a government audit reported Wednesday.
  
  
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• TJ Maxx Parent Company Data Theft Is The Worst Ever
  March 27, 2007
  
  TJX Co., the parent company of T.J. Maxx and other retailers, on Wednesday dropped a bombshell in its ongoing investigation of a customer data breach by announcing in an Securities and Exchange Commission filing that more than 45 million credit and debit card numbers have been stolen from its IT systems
  
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