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TJX Staffer Sacked After Talking About Security Problems
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| In an e-mail interview, he said he was fired Wednesday for violating
| corporate policy by disclosing proprietary information.
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| TJX is sensitive about information security after being the victim of a
| massive data theft, apparently made possible by poor security on the
| company's wireless networks. That breach, which compromised 94 million credit
| and debit card accounts, has cost the company tens of millions of dollars in
| legal settlements.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146276/tjx_staffer_sacked_after_talking_about_security_problems.html
http://tinyurl.com/6hoadz
Then there are those that just keep it secret using threats of sacking:
Most Retailer Breaches Are Not Disclosed, Gartner Says
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| While nearly half of U.S. retailers have been hit with some kind of
| information security attack, only a small percentage of them have actually
| reported breaches to their customers, research company Gartner reports.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146278/most_retailer_breaches_are_not_disclosed_gartner_says.html
"...nearly half of U.S. retailers ... information security attack..."
Nearly half of today's Windows PCs are zombies PCs [1] and everyone pays for it
[2, 3].
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[1] 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
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
[2] Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
[3] Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned"
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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