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InternetNews June 8, 2010	Penn State Deals With Latest Data Breach Penn State University officials are warning more than 15,000 students that yet another preventable data breach has compromised their personal data.
InternetNews December 12, 2006 David Needle	UCLA Database Hole Exposed 800,000 to ID Theft UCLA Web site touted the school's IT security the same day it discovered hackers had broken into its computer system.
InternetNews November 10, 2009	University Web Site Snafu Exposes Student SSNs Chaminade University accidentally posted thousands of students' personal data on its Web site.
InternetNews November 10, 2010	Data Breach Blindsides First Responders A hacker managed to weasel his or her way into an unsecured database housing the SSNs and other personal information of thousands of Louisiana EMTs.
InternetNews October 18, 2010	Massive Data Breach Zings Florida University The FBI is investigating another hacking incident that exposed 106,000-plus students' most sensitive information.
InternetNews December 29, 2009	Penn State Breach Continues University Data Woes Latest in a string of security incidents at universities compromises personal information of more than 30,000 students.
InternetNews September 28, 2009	UNC Breach Exposes Social Security Numbers University officials are notifying more than 163,000 women that their personal data may have been compromised by hackers more than two years ago.
InternetNews February 23, 2010	Georgia University Stung By Data Breach More than 170,000 students and faculty members are checking their credit reports this week after a hacker broken into a server at Valdosta State University in Georgia.
InternetNews March 24, 2010	Files From Filched PC Put 7,000 Students at Risk Latest threat of identity theft comes to Vanderbilt University in the form a stolen desktop computer that contained the names and Social Security numbers of more than 7,000 students.
InternetNews June 28, 2010	FIU Latest University to Expose Student Data More than 19,000 Florida International University students are busy checking their credit reports this week after school officials confirmed that tons of personal information was stored on an unsecured database.
InternetNews September 29, 2005 Tim Gray	Another University System Suffers Breach Crackers continue to exploit American universities' computer weaknesses.
InternetNews February 5, 2010	SQL Injections Led to 60% of UK Data Breaches Malicious hackers are relying on growing numbers of increasingly complex SQL attacks to get at companies' data.
InternetNews May 11, 2009 Alex Goldman	UC Berkeley Says Hackers Breached Database Officials at the University of California at Berkeley on Friday began notifying students and the public that hackers had breached a healthcare database at the school, potentially gaining access to the personal information of up to 160,000 students dating back to 1999.
InternetNews February 12, 2010	AvMed Breach Exposes 200,000 Customers' Info Latest security breach hits Florida insurance provider AvMed Health Plan, with a missing pair of laptops putting more than 200,000 customers' information at risk.
InternetNews March 29, 2005 Tim Gray	Another University Suffers Security Breach UC Berkeley joins a growing list of schools losing vital student information to hackers.
InternetNews February 4, 2010	Firewall Mishap Puts Iowa Workers' Data at Risk More than 80,000 people affiliated with the Hawkeye State's casino and racing industry were victimized by a cyber attack that most likely originated in China.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Monster Breach Shows Security Needs Rethinking Is corporate security fighting yesterday's war with last decade's weapons?
InternetNews January 5, 2010	Hacker Hits Eastern Washington University Colleges continue to be popular targets for hackers, with another 130,000 student records exposed.
InternetNews March 21, 2005 Tim Gray	California University Computer System Hacked Attackers gain access to private student data.
InternetNews July 9, 2010	Hackers Raid University of Maine's Servers The social security numbers and other personal data of over 4,500 students were compromised in the attack.
InternetNews December 11, 2009	University Student Data Exposed in Server Breach More than nine years worth of student data was exposed last month when hackers managed to access the admissions server at Eastern Illinois University.
InternetNews February 8, 2010	The Biggest Security Breaches of 2009 There were some spectacular data breaches last year. Here's some of the best, or worst, depending on your perspective.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Clint Boulton	Sacred Heart Data Hacked Sacred Heart University became the latest school to fall victim to a computer hack, which exposed the personal information of as many as 135,000 students and alumni.
InternetNews March 4, 2005 Clint Boulton	ChoicePoint Stops Selling Some of Your Info ChoicePoint scales back its business after a major database breach that exposed the personal information of 145,000 people. Lawmakers are taking action.
InternetNews December 20, 2005 Jim Wagner	Guidance Software Investigating Stolen Data Computer forensic specialist Guidance Software found itself on the receiving end of a malicious hacking attack that managed to swipe sensitive information on reportedly thousands of customers.
InternetNews January 14, 2010	Hacker Breaches N.Y. Bank Long Island bank notifying 8,000 customers that their accounts have been compromised.
InternetNews July 12, 2010	Stolen Drive Puts AMR Employee Records at Risk American Airlines parent company is the latest public company dealing with a data breach that exposed nearly 80,000 employees' Social Security numbers and other personal information.
InternetNews September 17, 2010	Rice University Deals With New Data Breach A stolen device containing student and faculty data went missing, putting personal information including Social Security numbers and birth dates up for grabs.
InternetNews September 13, 2010	CCNY Student Data Exposed in Laptop Heist Some 7,000-plus students attending the City College of New York are learning that some of their most sensitive personal information was exposed when a school laptop was stolen last month.
InternetNews June 28, 2005 Tim Gray	UConn Finds Hacking Program in Server University of Connecticut officials say a server containing the personal data of many of its staff and students was compromised on at least one occasion.
InternetNews February 14, 2011	Oracle Tunes Up Database Security With Firewall In a bid to shore up the security of crucial IT assets, Oracle has unveiled its Database Firewall product, which seeks to guard against SQL injections and other database attacks.
InternetNews September 3, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Big Blue Plugs DB2 Holes IBM has released a pair of "FixPaks" to plug security holes in its DB2 Universal Database product after researchers discovered multiple code execution vulnerabilities.
InternetNews November 1, 2010	Data Breach Jars University of Hawaii Alums Another data breach exposes personal data of more than 40,000 University of Hawaii alumni.
Fast Company Steven Melendez	Not So Kawaii! Researcher Reports More Than 3M Hello Kitty Fans Exposed In Data Breach Data on more than 3 million users of HelloKitty.com and other sites related to the popular character was exposed to the Internet through an insecure database, security researcher Chris Vickery reported.
InternetNews April 20, 2010	Hackers Breached Google's Password Hub: Report New report cites source close to investigation claiming that hackers in China were able to compromise the password service that acts as gateway to Google's Web products and services.
Wall Street & Technology March 21, 2006	Database Lockdown To help curb the data breach woes of the financial services industry, Guardium has developed Data Privacy Accelerator, a database-centric solution for preventing identity theft, including unauthorized access by trusted users.
InternetNews July 20, 2005 Tim Gray	Hackers Head to School in Droves Universities appear to be the new favorite target of hackers, as the University of Southern California becomes the latest to get hit.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Is Your Brokerage Account Safe? A security breach at TD AMERITRADE creates headaches. With identity theft on the rise, it wouldn't hurt to ask your broker what's it's doing to prevent something like this from happening to you.
InternetNews May 21, 2010	Oracle Grabs Secerno for Database Firewall Database and enterprise software giant Oracle this week snapped up Secerno, a smaller player in the area of database firewalls.
Bank Technology News January 2007 John Adams	Data Security: Atlanta CU Posts An Inside Sentry The postal workers credit union deploys software that prevents unintended exposure of sensitive information.
Bank Technology News February 2009 Daniel Wolfe	Another Processor Spills the Data Hackers have obtained payment card data from another processor, according to Visa Inc., though many of the details, including the name of the company, remain unclear.
InternetNews August 12, 2010	Data Breach Stings Florida Community Colleges A software upgrade turned into a security debacle for some 126,000 students attending six community colleges in Florida.
InternetNews March 30, 2010	IBM to Help Defend FAA From Cyber Attacks IBM will test a new system to monitor and safeguard the FAA's networks against hackers, data theft and malware.
InternetNews April 16, 2009 Alex Goldman	Security Lapses Aplenty Despite Growing Threats A study by Verizon Business's RISK team reveals some disconcerting shortcomings in companies' security.
Information Today May 2005 Phillip Britt	Protecting Private Information In addition to the separation of security duties, the culture of the company may be one of the most important aspects in protecting sensitive information.
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Roy Mark	Another Government Security Breach According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, unknown hackers may have illegally accessed a USDA database containing the names, Social Security numbers and photos of current and former agency employees.
InternetNews April 28, 2010	Data Breaches Dent U.S. Corporate Coffers Regulations requiring U.S. companies to notify customers when their data has been compromised is taking its toll on corporate bottom lines.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	After A Hack, Slack Adds Two-Factor Authentication -- Is That Good Enough? The fast-growing enterprise chat startup confirmed today that its database was breached in February and that the intruder had access to the names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords of Slack users.
InternetNews February 18, 2010	Kneber Botnet Pierces 2,500 Organizations So-called 'Kneber' botnet collects log-in credentials to online financial systems, social networking sites and e-mail systems to break into accounts and steal corporate and government data at an astonishing pace.