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A report from Hold Security claims that one of the biggest ever online heists has been committed by a Russian crime gang. It would appear that the data theft includes, wait for it, no less than 1.2 billion (yes billion) username and passwords along with around half a billion email …

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The trouble with Kensington lock systems for laptops in the past was that they were fiddly to actually use, which is why the company took a step back and redesigned the process by introducing the new ClickSafe system. This still utilises the same Kensington lock slot that appears on everything …

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I am working in VS2008. I use vb.net and asp.net. MS SQL2005 as database server. Occasionally when two sets of data are inserted at nearly the same time, I find that one has "stomped" on the other, over-writing it's data. The inserts are done via a stored proc using SCOPE_IDENTITY() …

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There has been no shortage of data loss by the military over the last year or so, from [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22897/53/"]US Army files found on eBay MP3 player[/URL] through to more than [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/uk/publicsector/government/information-governance/secure-data-disposal.aspx"]600 laptops going missing from the UK Ministry of Defence[/URL]. However, usually these losses concern data such as names and …

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According to [URL="http://www.itpro.co.uk/606135/bt-victim-of-2-million-network-exchange-theft"]IT Pro[/URL] the BT exchange in Mayfair, London has been the victim of a well executed heist. The London exchange suffered a break-in with at least £2 million worth of telecoms equipment being stolen. As a result of the theft, it is reported, thousands of homes and businesses …

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An employee of the Northern Trust Bank in Naples, California apparently stole a number of bank owned computers which he then either sold to his co-workers, pawned or auctioned off on eBay. The 34 year old man pleaded to a felony fraud charge and sentencing has been deferred until it …

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Research commissioned by Internet security software makers [URL="http://www.avguk.com/stop-cybertheft"]AVG[/URL] has revealed that one in three people in the UK have experienced some kind of cyber theft over the Internet. What's more, it is also one of the UK's most feared crimes, outranking burglary, assault and robbery according to the independent study …

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