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Forty-three states have laws requiring companies and institutions to notify residents when there has been an electronic theft of personal identity information--laws that the sponsors had hoped would... Read more...

Identity theft is a relatively new kind of crime that is almost as sophisticated as the computer that you use every day. If your identity and credit card number are stolen, thieves can start charging... Read more...

Getting cash from an ATM machine just got tougher. In response to a series of ATM robberies and at least one case of a false reader mounted at a site, Citibank is limiting withdrawals to about $500 a... Read more...

The theft of personal data has tripled, according to a new piece by USA Today. More than 162 million records were reported stolen or lost in 2007, triple the 49.7 million that went missing in 2006.... Read more...

A new study from the Enterprise Strategy Group finds that nearly half of all companies either know that or suspect that they have lost sensitive data in the past 12 months. Concern is so... Read more...

While it may seem that laptop data theft is primarily due to thieves and disgruntled ex-employees, it looks like plain old user forgetfulness is the major reason mobile devices go missing. A new... Read more...

> After data breaches, veterans agency goes whole hog with encryption. Article > Yahoo... Read more...

First it was a rash of laptop thefts, in which thieves got their hands on customer data and information. Then a company actually Read more...

One of the most popular applications, often serving as the front-end to business intelligence processes, is also becoming one of the most at-risk tools. It seems that spreadsheets are an... Read more...

> Big layoffs in wake of AOL business restructuring. Article > Nokia is the chosen favorite of cell phone thieves. Read more...