Samsung card co is suspected of losing 800,000 records that include mobile numbers and names of customers. An official from the company stated that ‘the exact extent of the damage is unknown’. An employee is suspected as causing the breach. The authorities have been notified, and given a document of the employee confessing to 800,000 [...]
04 Feb 2011 |
Stolen laptop from a Yorkshire Hospital was unencryptedAn unencrypted laptop belonging to a Yorkshire hospital was stolen potentially impacting 1,500 patients. The laptop was used as part of an electromyography (EMG) scanner in the hospital, according to the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, and had no data encryption deployed. At a recent meeting of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust’s board of directors, medical director Yvette Oade [...] 
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26 Jan 2011 |
Egypt blocks TwitterEgypt blocks Twitter on Tuesday 25th February 2011 - “We can confirm that Twitter was blocked in Egypt around 8am PT today. It is impacting both Twitter.com & applications” said TwitterGlobalPR on Tuesday as Egypt rocks to the new protests – The Egyptian protesters are using Facebook and other social networking sites to coordinate their [...]
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