"Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see." (Source: New data spill shows risk of online health records - …
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"Epson Korea Co., Ltd. said on Saturday hackers had breached the personal data of its 350,000 registered customers last week, the latest in a series of cyber attacks involving a huge number of victims …
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"A secretive, international group of hackers has aimed its keyboards and social media masses at BART, threatening to retaliate against the transit agency for its decision to cut off cellphone service …
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"University of Wisconsin reported malware was found on a server that stored the names and Social Security numbers of 75,000 students and faculty members." (Source: Security Breach Hits Wisconsin …
"New software being used by the State Department to assess security weaknesses is helping improve real-time awareness of vulnerabilities, according to a Government Accountability Office report on …
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"Hackers broke into the Hong Kong stock exchange news Web site today, forcing the exchange to suspend trading of seven companies, according to The Wall Street Journal. " (Source: Hong Kong stock …
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"Apparently, 'Anonymous' won't be accepting your friend request." (Source: Hacker group vows to 'kill Facebook' - CNN.com.) …
"Government leaders don't understand the gravity of the threat of cyber attacks or the implications, ex-CIA official tells Black Hat attendees." (Source: Cyber Threat Resembles Pre-9/11 Terror …
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" "You can do a Google search with your Web browser and start operating [circuit] breakers, potentially," Parker, chief technology officer at security consultancy FusionX, told CNET in a break during …
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"Security professionals need to step back from the technology and look at how these real-world systems -- from prisons to power plants -- are designed, said Tom Parker, vice president of security …
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