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Data breach hits Google

July 5, 2008 — 9:43pm ET | By Judi Hasson
There are reports that mega-giant Google had a major data breach affecting employees.Workers hired before Dec. 31, 2005, received notices last month that their personal data, including Social... Read more...

Security firm needs help cracking malware

June 12, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Computerworld reports that a Russian security firm is having difficulty dealing with "ransomware'' attacks where hackers have planted malware that encrypts files and then displays a message demanding... Read more...

FTC wants new powers to fight spyware

June 12, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The Federal Trade Commission this week told the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that it favors legislation granting it new powers to seek civil penalties in spyware... Read more...

Bank loses 4.5 million files

June 2, 2008 — 6:59am ET
It's getting to be an all-too-familiar problem--a breakdown in controls combined with carelessness leading to theft of confidential data. The latest example is the confirmation by Bank of New York... Read more...

Phishers get nabbed

May 22, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Thirty-eight people in the U.S. and Romania have been charged in two federal indictments, alleging they used a complicated Internet phishing scheme to steal thousands of credit and debit card... Read more...

U.S. border laptop searches approved

April 24, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A federal appeals court has made it easier for customs officials to search through the contents of a person's laptop. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that agents... Read more...

Wipe your hard drive

April 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
There are many steps to take to protect your data. One of them is to make sure your hard drive is cleaned before reusing. And remember it is important to use the technology that can sanitize... Read more...

Data theft puts IT on hot seat

March 31, 2008 — 7:59am ET
The tech industry has been analyzing and evaluating the recent theft of 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from the Hannaford supermarket chain, a Maine-based grocer. And what they are finding... Read more...

Honey, I shrank the data center

March 27, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Smaller is almost always better, the sages among us sometimes say. This was the case when a facility near St. Louis run by Schneider Electric and its American Power Conversion subsidiary created a... Read more...

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January 31, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> The CIO must think like a politician. Article> Are CIOs facing pressure to trim staff? Read more...
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