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Insurance giant coughs to malware-related data breach
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| The US arm of insurance giant Aviva has blamed a computer virus infection for
| the potential disclosure of sensitive personal information.
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| Aviva (Norwich Union, before a recent rebranding) admitted the breach in a
| letter to the Attorney General of New Hampshire, one of several states that
| maintain strict information security breach disclosure laws.
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| Data potentially leaked included names, addresses and social security
| numbers. Approximately 550 records were involved.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/03/aviva_data_breach/
Recent:
Heartland data breach hit 160 banks (and rising)
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| Malware planted on servers was used to steal card data. It didn't say how
| many records were exposed and how many financial institutions were affected
| by the breach. Heartland only said that it processed 100m transactions a
| month on behalf of 250,000 merchants, sparking concerns that the extent of
| the problem might rival that of the infamous TJX breach.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/heartland_data_breach_latest/
Related:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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