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InternetNews April 3, 2007 Roy Mark	FTC Approves Final Guidance Settlement Guidance Software's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission became official today, almost five months after the Pasadena, Calif.-based computer forensics specialist admitted it did not adequately protect customer data.
InternetNews November 16, 2006 Roy Mark	Guidance Software Settles With FTC Guidance Software agreed Thursday to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the computer forensics specialist did not take reasonable security measures to protect sensitive customer data.
InternetNews June 9, 2009 Alex Goldman	T-Mobile Hacked? Although a blog reported yesterday that T-Mobile was hacked, all the hackers actually seemed to have was a list of T-Mobile server names.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Tim Gray	310,000 Exposed by LexisNexis Data Breach Company estimates data breach affected 10 times the U.S. residents as originally reported.
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark	Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office.
InternetNews March 17, 2006 Roy Mark	Groups Slam Data Breach Notification Bill A U.S. House panel effort to write a national data breach disclosure law is running into fierce opposition by consumer groups calling the legislation the "worst data security bill ever."
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Data Breach Law Back in Senate Businesses and government agencies would have to notify consumers under certain circumstances of data breaches under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
InternetNews March 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	Feds Push Banks on Security Alerts After several high-profile private data leaks, the Federal Reserve and regulators advise banks to immediately notify customers of security breaches.
InternetNews May 2, 2005 Tim Gray	Time Warner Loses Employee Data Time Warner tried to protect the personal information of its employees and ended up losing it.
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand.
InternetNews December 13, 2010	Data Breach Exposes Wisconsin Students' Data The University of Wisconsin became the latest U.S. college to endure a major data breach this year, putting the personal information of 60,000-plus former students and staff members at risk.
InternetNews June 1, 2007 Roy Mark	ChoicePoint Settles With 44 States in Data Losses Data broker ChoicePoint agrees to pay $500,000 and to strengthen data protection measures.
InternetNews September 22, 2005 Roy Mark	Roberts Vote Could Stall Data Privacy Law Judiciary Committee may vote today on mandating national breach disclosure law.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark	ID Theft Bill Wends Through Senate The proposed law calls for full disclosure to consumers when sensitive personal data is breached or lost.
InternetNews September 29, 2005 Tim Gray	Another University System Suffers Breach Crackers continue to exploit American universities' computer weaknesses.
InternetNews September 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Group Demands Restitution For ID Theft A federal task force on identity theft urged Congress today to require ID thieves pay victims for the time they spend restoring their credit.
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.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2005 Rich Smith	Banker Dons a Black Hat In written testimony to the congressional committee investigating the security of customer data, Bank of America argued that the law should not require companies to inform their customers of security breaches that put their data at risk.
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 June 20, 2007 Roy Mark	Getting More Money to ID Theft Victims FTC sends another 2,400 reimbursement forms to consumers victimized by ChoicePoint's 2004 data breach.
InternetNews January 21, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Cyber Thieves Hit Payment Processor Heartland Experts warn that more attacks may be to come. Observers also say the breach highlights the current state of legislation regarding disclosure when data loss hits corporations.
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.
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.
OCC Bulletin April 14, 2005	Response Programs for Unauthorized Access to Customer Information and Customer Notice: Final Guidance The guidance interprets the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards (Security Guidelines) and addresses how financial institutions should implement a response program to address unauthorized access to customer information.
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.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2011 Arunava De	Are Hackers the Next Threat to Your Portfolio? Before you respond to a malicious attack on one of your investments in your portfolios, measure the impact that such an attack can have on the company.
InternetNews June 18, 2009 Alex Goldman	The Offline Vulnerability of Personal Data Organizations cannot substitute technology for common sense in the handling of personal information, warns a new report.
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 December 16, 2010	760,000 Exposed in Ohio State Breach A massive data breach at Ohio State University has current and former students and staff scrambling to check their credit reports.
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Debating Data Privacy Changes Senate Commerce Committee opens series of hearing on data broker practices.
InternetNews March 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Data Brokers Back Federal Disclosure Law Lawmakers prod ChoicePoint, LexisNexis into supporting mandatory disclosure of security breaches.
InternetNews July 10, 2009 Alex Goldman	Calif. Heath Firms Claim 800+ Breaches in 2009 New laws prompt an overwhelming number of reported incidents of inappropriate data access.
InternetNews December 16, 2005 Roy Mark	House Tables Data-Breach Law Talk Any hope of a U.S. House data-breach disclosure law this year fizzled away Thursday in the face of opposition from Democrats who contend the legislation lacks enforcement teeth.
InternetNews November 25, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Mainframe Breach at LensCrafters Parent Hits 59K Eyewear giant Luxottica Group becomes the latest in a string of high-profile data leaks.
InternetNews January 12, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breaches: New Year, Old Story Data breaches are off to a flying start this year. Congress does nothing about it, not even requiring companies to inform consumers of the breaches.
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress Reacts to Breach Onslaught BJ's Wholesale Club settles lax data protection charges while FDIC admits to data breach.
Information Today March 20, 2014	Beauty Company Investigates Security Breach Sally Beauty Holdings does not yet know the full scope of the security breach, but it reassures affected customers that it will keep them informed on the company website and with notifications.
InternetNews March 9, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	LexisNexis: Lookup For Crime Crooks accessed a LexisNexis subsidiary using misappropriated IDs and passwords to obtain approximately 32,000 names addresses, Social Security numbers and drivers' license numbers, which could be used for identity theft.
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breach Bills Crowding Congress Seeking to make it a crime to conceal data breaches involving personal information, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Thursday jumped into the data breach debate playing out on Capitol Hill.
InternetNews July 14, 2009	LexisNexis Breach Linked to Mafia Business information provider LexisNexis is alerting customers that their personal information may have been obtained by a Mafia-connected criminal group.
U.S. Banker August 2005 Glen Fest	Banks Flounder in Muddy Data-Regulation Waters Is new interagency guidance that clear?
InternetNews January 5, 2010	Hacker Hits Eastern Washington University Colleges continue to be popular targets for hackers, with another 130,000 student records exposed.
CIO January 2007	Data Breaches Cost You More Data breaches continue to become more expensive.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Karen Krebsbach	Data Theft: States Force the Issue Of Customer Notification Regulators reiterate guidance for banks.
Bank Technology News January 2006 Glen Fest	Data Breach Notification: States Differ On When To Sound The Alarm Legislative action on how and when banks should sound the alarm when there's been a data breach has lagged on the federal level, leading to a broad mix of state measures.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Turns Attention to Data Privacy The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to vote next week on legislation making it a crime for data brokers to conceal a security breach involving personal data and increasing penalties for computer fraud when the act involves personal data.
InternetNews August 18, 2009	U.S. Fingers TJX Hacker in Heartland Breach Attacks on Heartland, 7-Eleven and Hannaford Bros. netted the criminals 130 million credit card numbers, according to the DoJ.
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.