Data Mining & Social Media

Riot, Rapid Information Overlay Technology, a secretly developed software with the intended use of tracking people using social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook is seen by some as the next best way to track and locate criminals or determine whether someone is a “security risk”.  But, as the screenshot shows the system monitoring someone’s gym…

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Angry Employee Uses Harsh Cleanser to Sabotage Servers

A man in  the UK, angry at his employer for denying him a raise, spent three years spraying Cillit Bang into the company’s computer equipment in multiple locations, causing a little over $50,000 worth of damage to the company’s servers. Prosecutor Steve Malloy QC told a judge: “On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Mr. Sobolewski was…

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Data Breach Revisited…

Quite some time ago we did a piece on data breaches, with the recent FTC Settlement with Cbr Systems, Inc, http://www.business.ftc.gov/blog/2013/01/bank-data-security-not-kind-bank, it seems like a good time to revisit the topic. If you’re concerned about your existing data security practices or are considering moving to an offsite backup solution to avoid the risks of fire or…

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