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An Internet Security Survey
The recent breach at Epsilon, the Dallas online marketing vendor to more than 2,000 businesses, generated a lot of headlines. Epsilon clients include financial companies like American Express, Ameriprise Financial, Barclays Bank, Capital One, Citibank, City Market, JPMorgan Chase, as well as Best Buy, The College Board, Disney Vacations, Hilton Honors, The Home Shopping Network, Kroger, Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carleton, TiVo, Verizon and Walgreens, among others.
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Why You Need to Worry About the Epsilon e-mail Data Breach?
http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/why-you-need-worry-about-email-data-breaches-0668/
Josh
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Barracuda Networks Hacked
Here at the ME-P, you’ve noted that the hacker community has been going after security firms as of late. RSA has already been hacked, as has the Comodo Group. The latest to be breached was Barracuda Networks.
A hacker by the name Fdf posted results of his attack for the world to see, showing off the stolen employee names, email addresses, company affiliations and phone numbers of sales leads held by channel partners.
http://www.itpro.co.uk/632728/barracuda-admits-mistake-after-hack
Karl
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New CISO at Bank of America
Karl – Bank of America has signaled that it is taking information security more seriously by hiring a chief information security officer, Patrick Gorman.
http://it-jobs.fins.com/Articles/SB130160425297299605/New-Chief-Information-Security-Officer-at-Bank-of-America
Josh
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Another Health Info Data Breach
[Here we go again!]
Triple-S Management, a managed care services provider in Puerto Rico, suffered a security breach that could have exposed the personal health care information of more than 400,000 customers.
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=15472
George
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According to Symantec, $282 is the average cost to healthcare organizations per record breached?
Breach notification policy and securing PHI is continuously listed in the top 5 concerns of physician’s practices for 2011. HIPAA and HITECH continue to be at the forefront for government regulations compounding the demands on US physician practices.
Jack
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