Security vendor settles charges after getting hacked

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/111606-security-vendor-settles-charges-after.html

Guidance Software Inc., vendor of computer forensics and security
products, has settled a complaint filed by the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission (FTC), which accused it of failing to take reasonable
security measures to protect sensitive computer data.

Guidance's lax security efforts, which allowed hackers to access
sensitive credit-card information for thousands of customers,
contradicted promises made on its Web site and violated U.S. law, the
FTC said.

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