Industry News

2009

• January 5, 2009:  The Dangers of Casual Information Backup
  

• January 2, 2009:  Top 10 Security Stories of 2008

2008

• December 19, 2008: The State of Data Backup in 2009, Part 4

• December 18, 2008: The State of Data Backup in 2009, Part 3

• December 17, 2008: The State of Data Backup in 2009, Part 2

• December 16, 2008:  The State of Data Backup in 2009, Part 1
• December 12, 2008:  Top Disaster Recovery Tips of 2008

• January 22, 2008
  Internet Provider Mistakenly Deletes 14,000 E-Mail Accounts
• January 18, 2008
  Data lost on 650,000 credit card holders

2007

• December 11,2007
  Department of Natural Resources Tells 7000: Social Securtiy Numbers Lost
• October 30, 2007
  Hartford Financial misplaces back-up tapes with personal data on policy holders
• October 23, 2007
  West Virginia officials are alerting 200,000 members of three health insurance programs that a computer tape containing personal information, including Social Security numbers, was lost last week while being shipped
• October 4, 2007
  Backup tapes inadvertently mailed to a 3rd party marketing company containing 450,000 names and social security numbers
• September 19, 2007
  Backup tapes containing patient information were stolen from the School of Nursing two weeks ago
• September 12, 2007
  There are 67,000 TennCare enrollees at risk of identity theft after a records management company lost their personal information
• August 30, 2007
  Laptop containing unencrypted personal data of AT&T employees is reported stolen
• August 28, 2007
  Connecticut Dept. of Revenue Services reports that a stolen laptop contained over 100,000 social security #'s of CT Taxpayers
• August 23, 2007
  Laptop containing financial information is reported stolen by a consultant who took the computer to a restaurant
• August 20, 2007
  University of Toledo reports a stolen laptop contained names and social security numbers of current students