Read more data theft stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10077/data-theft.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:57:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69119/security-site-tots-up-what-youre-worth-to-hackers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rising number of cybercriminals make their living selling other people's online identities to thieves. Now a new security tool helps you calculate what yours is worth on the black market—and your risk of losing it, IT World reports. The Norton Online Risk Calculator aims to raise awareness of...http://www.newser.com/story/69119/security-site-tots-up-what-youre-worth-to-hackers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 9:02:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60802/the-10-riskiest-web-searches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInternet hackers are like pickpockets: They target crowds, and the best place to find them on the web is through search engines, ABC News reports, so thieves tie malware programs to popular word searches. After analyzing more than 2,600 terms, security firm McAfee found these to be the 10...http://www.newser.com/story/60802/the-10-riskiest-web-searches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 16:13:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52763/scientists-admit-why-they-steal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists suspected of plagiarism have answered questionnaires explaining why they did it, USA Today reports. After researchers found that 1 in 200 papers is a rip-off, they contacted about 160 alleged thieves for explanations. "Over time, the responses just got crazier and crazier," said one researcher. "There's every excuse in...http://www.newser.com/story/52763/scientists-admit-why-they-steal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Mar 2009 19:41:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51624/visa-mastercard-warn-of-new-data-breach.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMastercard and Visa have alerted financial institutions about another serious data breach at a payment processor, Wired reports. The breach, like the massive fraud unveiled at Heartland Payment Systems last month, is believed to have occurred through malicious software. The credit card issuers are refusing to name the processor involved...http://www.newser.com/story/51624/visa-mastercard-warn-of-new-data-breach.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Feb 2009 5:36:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35794/consumer-data-breaches-hit-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTheft or loss of confidential consumer information from computer databases is at a record high, with more breaches already this year than all of 2007, the Washington Post reports. Records reveal that 449 US businesses, government agencies and universities have reported data breaches this year, compared with 446 breaches involving...http://www.newser.com/story/35794/consumer-data-breaches-hit-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 Aug 2008 9:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34698/federal-informer-was-behind-massive-credit-card-theft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal agents struggling to crack the biggest data-theft ring in history discovered that one of their own informants was orchestrating the syndicate's US operations, the New York Times reports. The supposedly reformed hacker had turned Secret Service informant to escape a prison sentence in 2003 but secretly continued his criminal...http://www.newser.com/story/34698/federal-informer-was-behind-massive-credit-card-theft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Aug 2008 8:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34540/patch-for-major-security-flaw-is-ineffective.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA fatal flaw in Internet security has a patch, but it’s a leaky one, the New York Times reports. Yesterday, a Russian scientist demonstrated an attack that secretly redirected web traffic. It took him just hours using standard equipment; before the patch, it would have taken seconds. Thieves could use...http://www.newser.com/story/34540/patch-for-major-security-flaw-is-ineffective.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 09 Aug 2008 11:57:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31966/justice-breyers-records-leaked-in-file-sharing-snafu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn employee at an investment firm made much more than music available when he used a company computer to access the file-sharing site Limewire, reports the Washington Post . He also made it possible for users to access records of 2,000 of the firm's clients—including Supreme Court Justice Stephen...http://www.newser.com/story/31966/justice-breyers-records-leaked-in-file-sharing-snafu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Jul 2008 10:08:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23007/massive-data-theft-breached-secure-network.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHigh-tech thieves were able to penetrate what experts called an especially secure computer network when they stole 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from the Hannaford and Sweetbay grocery chains. Unlike stores that send data over wireless networks, the supermarkets used a theoretically less porous fiber-optic cable.http://www.newser.com/story/23007/massive-data-theft-breached-secure-network.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Mar 2008 11:23:33 CDT