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FTC Warns Of Widespread Data Breaches
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:58:32 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223100254 By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek February 23, 2010 The Federal Trade Commission on Monday said that it had notified almost 100 organizations in both the public and private sector that they need to review their security practices. In letters to these organizations, the FTC says that "at least one computer file containing sensitive personal information from or about your customers and/or employees has been shared from your computer network, or the network of one of your service providers, to a peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) network." Failure to prevent this information from being shared may represent a violation of one or more laws that the FTC enforces, such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act. The FTC however has not filed any lawsuits related to these breaches. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a statement that companies of all sizes are vulnerable to P2P-related breaches. He said that the FTC found information that could be used to commit identity theft, including health information, financial data, drivers' license numbers and social security numbers. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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