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Agency puts job seekers' Social Security numbers online - Herald Tribune

The security breach occurred on a test server in October, the Agency for Workforce Innovation disclosed late Wednesday. It exposed the Social Security numbers of customers served at the agency's One-Stop Career Centers between January 2002 and ...

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Data left exposed for 19 days in Florida's job-service system - Tallahassee Democrat

A quarter-million job seekers who sought state help over a seven-year period are being warned that their personal information — including Social Security numbers — was exposed to Internet searchers by a breach in computer security. Officials of ...

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Facebook infected by 'Koobface' virus - Techradar.com

Facebook has been the recent target of a virus attack that could put all 120 million of its users at risk. Nicknamed 'Koobface' – see what they did there? – the virus can't actually be downloaded on the site itself, but through a link to a bogus ...

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Putting the Kibosh on Spam-Spewing McColo - PC World

I often spend my Friday columns venting about the latest computer security failure and how all the new evolving solutions will do little to protect us in the long run. But I have to give credit where credit is due , even when it comes from unexpected ...

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ISP chops last head off Srizbi bot - TechWorld

Computer & Internet Security News 28 November 2008 ISP chops last head off Srizbi bot By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service An Estonian ISP that temporarily hosted the command-and-control servers for the notorious spam-spewing Srizbi botnet, has cut off ...

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Don't let Web scams ruin holiday - Biloxi Sun Herald

'Tis the season for making merry - or in some cases, making mischief, especially on the Web. Whether you're shopping online or just checking your personal e-mail, don't get financially fooled this holiday season. "In this economy, when we're all ...

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