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ChoicePoint to pay $10M to settle breach-related lawsuit

2008-01-29 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b22d74 in Network World on Security
 
...settle the last remaining class-action lawsuit filed against the company in connection with a data breach disclosed in early 2005 in which the personal information of more than 160,000 people was exposed Protecting the Enterprise Network Through Web Security Advertisement New focus is being placed on securing Web-based threats
 
Tags: class-action lawsuit filed, data broker choicepoint, enterprise network, web security, personal information, settle, data breach, advertisement, connection
 
 
 
 
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Certegy offers to settle lawsuit stemming from theft of data on 8.5M consumers

2008-03-14 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Certegy Check Services is offering to settle a class-action lawsuit filed against the check processing firm after an insider theft that exposed personal data belonging to 8.5 million people
 
Tags: certegy check services, check, class-action lawsuit filed, million people, personal data, insider theft, settle, firm
 
 
 
 
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ValueClick to pay $2.9 million to settle spam complaint

2008-03-17 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
Online advertiser ValueClick has agreed to pay a record US$2.9 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint that it sent deceptive advertising claims in spam e-mail and failed to secure consumers' sensitive financial information
 
Tags: sensitive financial information, online advertiser valueclick, record us2, million, secure consumers, settle, spam e-mail, claims, deceptive
 
 
 
 
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Shimmy's theory of security company relativity, part 2

2008-04-11 19:57:08 by HASH0x8471f00 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...settle - Like a 39 year old never married person, maybe lowering your standards and "settling" will help. No one wants to hear this, but faced with the reality of your options, this may be the right choice. Get out with your skin on and live to fight another day. I am sure we are going to see lots of these kinds of deals that will represent...
 
Tags: growth, current revenue growth, companies, larger companies, company, security companies, rapid growth phase, hard, merger options
 
 
 
 
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Shimmy's theory of security company relativity, part 2

2008-04-11 20:57:07 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...settle - Like a 39 year old never married person, maybe lowering your standards and "settling" will help. No one wants to hear this, but faced with the reality of your options, this may be the right choice. Get out with your skin on and live to fight another day. I am sure we are going to see lots of these kinds of deals that will represent...
 
Tags: growth, current revenue growth, companies, larger companies, company, security companies, rapid growth phase, hard, merger options
 
 
 
 
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McAfee to pay $13.8 million to settle backdating lawsuits

2007-12-22 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
McAfee has taken two major steps toward closing the stock-option backdating scandal that has plagued the company for the past two years
 
Tags: mcafee, major steps, past, scandal, company, stock-option
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...settle and pay a few thousand dollars I remain unconvinced of this threat, though. The RIAA has conducted about 26,000 lawsuits , and there are more than 15 million music downloaders . Mark Mulligan of Jupiter Research said it best : "If you're a file sharer, you know that the likelihood of you being caught is very similar to that of being...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...settle and pay a few thousand dollars I remain unconvinced of this threat, though. The RIAA has conducted about 26,000 lawsuits , and there are more than 15 million music downloaders . Mark Mulligan of Jupiter Research said it best : "If you're a file sharer, you know that the likelihood of you being caught is very similar to that of being...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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FTC settles with advertiser for spam campaign

2008-01-30 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
An online advertiser that drove traffic to its Web sites by sending out spam with misleading subject lines has agreed to settle a U.S. Federal Communications Commission complaint charging that it failed to tell consumers they had to spend money to receive so-called free products, the FTC announced Wednesday
 
Tags: web sites, ftc, free products, spam, online advertiser, subject lines, traffic, money, receive