DataHarm

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From the page: "Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG."

From the page: "A man who chose "Lloyds is pants" as his telephone banking password said he found it had been changed by a member of staff to "no it's not"."

From the page: "Information for more than 2,600 people was exposed through a file-sharing program by an employee working from home on a personal computer. Names, addresses and student identification numbers of more than 1,600 students were exposed. Names and social security numbers of 65 employees were exposed. Other confidential information for about 250 employees was exposed. And the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of more than 700 volunteers were exposed."

Evan of the Breach Blog draws up a report in the recent news of an eBay buyer finding financial information from a computer that was purchased. Evan gives his own opinions on what was reported.

From the page: "Three new research projects will see businesses, universities, a city council and other research and technology organisations working together to address the challenge of ensuring that privacy and consent is preserved in the next generation of identity management systems."

An interesting write up on the topic of Backup tapes being dead or alive and why most discussion on the subject are seriously flawed.