Tag: security breach

Data Ransom No Cause For Panic

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Shock and horror were widely on display this month after a computer cracker demanded a $10 million dollar ransom not to publish sensitive information of Virginians allegedly gleaned from a state-run prescription drug database. Let us look more closely at this business of holding data for ransom. An Incredible Claim Let’s take a look at…

The New Face of Cybercrime Revealed

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If one thing is clear from Verizon’s recently published 2009 Data Breach Investigations Report it is that cyber crime has taken on a frightening level of maturity. This is the second year that Verizon has published data from the breach investigation work they perform for their clients. Because they only report on the specific customers…