Chronicles of Dissent"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government" -- E. AbbeyThe week that was: changes in the Top 10 list of breaches- August 31, 2008 When Scotland&8217;s Sunday Herald proclaimed &8220;Revealed: 8 million victims in the world&8217;s biggest cyber heist,&8221; they appeared to be wrong on a few counts. Even if they had been correct that every Best Western hotel guest&8217;s data had been stolen, that would not have made the breach the world&8217;s biggest cyber heist. Had they ...http://www.pogowasright.org/blogs/dissent/?p=1063 August mutterings- August 30, 2008 August is usually a more relaxed month for me as patients are off to summer camp and schools are closed. This August, however, turned out to be less than relaxing. Apart from simultaneous patient emergencies and trying to get ready for upcoming conferences and courses I&8217;m teaching, events of the month have left me muttering ...http://www.pogowasright.org/blogs/dissent/?p=1060 ITRC: Breaches Blast 07 Record- August 25, 2008 With slightly more than four months left to go for 2008, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has sent out a press release saying that it has already compiled 449 breaches&8211; more than its total for all of 2007. As they note, the 449 is an underestimate of the actual number of reported breaches, due ...http://www.pogowasright.org/blogs/dissent/?p=1059 Data Dysprotection: breaches reported last week- August 25, 2008 A recap of breaches newly reported or updated last week on the main news site, PogoWasRight.org. There were so many arrests, convictions, fines, and sentencings this week that I&8217;ve broken them out in a separate section. Newly reported incidents in the U.S.: Wells Fargo was back in the news for the second week in a row. This ...http://www.pogowasright.org/blogs/dissent/?p=1058 Data Dysprotection: breaches reported last week- August 18, 2008 A recap of breaches newly reported or updated last week on the main news site, PogoWasRight.org. For those looking for annual statistics: as of their last update on August 12, the Identity Theft Resource Center shows 431 breaches reported in the U.S. for this year. Newly reported incidents in the U.S.: Wells Fargo Bank NA is notifying ...http://www.pogowasright.org/blogs/dissent/?p=1056 Data Dysprotection: breaches reported last week- August 11, 2008 A recap of breaches newly reported or updated last week on the main news site, PogoWasRight.org. For those looking for annual statistics: as of their last update on August 5, the Identity Theft Resource Center shows 423 breaches reported in the U.S. for this year. Newly reported incidents in the U.S.: The U.S. Justice Department has charged ...http://www.pogowasright.org/blogs/dissent/?p=1054 Indictment reveals incidents that are news to me- August 6, 2008 The big breach news yesterday was, of course, the indictment of 11 people involved in cybercrime. In announcing the indictments, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said, in part: So far as we know, this is the single largest and most complex identity theft case ever charged in this country. The perpetrators are alleged to ...http://www.pogowasright.org/blogs/dissent/?p=1055 Data Dysprotection: breaches reported last week- August 4, 2008 A recap of breaches newly reported or updated last week on the main news site, PogoWasRight.org. For those looking for annual statistics: as of their last update on July 29, the Identity Theft Resource Center shows 395 breaches reported in the U.S. for this year. Newly reported incidents in the U.S.: This week we added the following ...http://www.pogowasright.org/blogs/dissent/?p=1053 |