Kitchen Confidential: Mass. Case Lays Bare Unsanitary Data Security Practices

I worked in my share of kitchens when I was younger. I washed dishes, made salads, sous cheffed and worked the grill as a short order cook. And let me say this: one rule you learn when you work in the kitchen is – to borrow a phrase from the folks in ‘Vegas – ‘what happens in the kitchen stays in...

Sophisticated Attack Yields Data On IEEE Members

IEEE, the world’s leading society for technical professionals, has warned some 800 members that their credit card and personal information may have been stolen. The FBI has been notified of the breach. The group disclosed the November, 2010 breach in a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General...

Restaurant Chain is First Fined Under Massachusetts Data Breach Law

UPDATE: A Massachusetts restaurant chain was the first company fined under the state’s toughest in the nation data breach law and will have to pay $110,000 in penalties, according to a statement by the Massachusetts Attorney General. The Briar Group LLC entered into a settlement with Massachsuett...

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Thousands of Bank of America Accounts Hacked !

Thousands of Bank of America customers' account information could be in jeopardy after a major security breach. Christy Clark went to a Royal Oak drug store Friday, but when her debit card was declined, she knew something was wrong. "I was very embarrassed," Clark said. She went straight to the...

FBI busts $465,000 credit card scam !

Federal investigators arrested and indicted a former Bridgeport resident who they say orchestrated a scam in which foreign nationals applied for and received credit cards on which they charged up to $465,000 worth of goods before leaving the country with the banks holding the tab. A federal grand...

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Device-Level Encryption Comes to Android

As attacks on mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets have surged in recent months, security researchers and customers have continued to look for ways to lock down their devices and protect the data they store on them. Whisper Systems has jumped into the fray with...