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Zappos data breach response a good idea or just panic mode?
In acknowledging a data breach in which information related to as many as 24 million customers was stolen, online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos has taken assertive steps, including compelling customers to change passwords, plus temporarily foregoing 800-number phone service in an effort to redeploy customer-service representatives to respond to customer email.
By Ellen Messmer | 18 January, 2012 07:29
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IBM predicts five big technologies of the future
IBM today issued its sixth annual look at what Big Blue thinks will be the five biggest technologies for the next five years. In past prediction packages the company has had some success in predicting the future of telemedicine and nanotechnology.
By Michael Cooney | 21 December, 2011 08:31
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Optus cuts IT help desk costs by 60 per cent
Optus has slashed its IT help desk costs by 60 per cent after rolling out self-service security software.
By Lisa Banks | 25 July, 2011 14:38
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LulzSec harvests Aussie emails, passwords
Fresh from attacking the CIA's CIO.gov website with a denial of service (DOS) attack, hacker group LulzSec has struck again with a leaked list of 62,000 email addresses and passwords, including some harvested from Australian organisations.
By Hamish Barwick | 17 June, 2011 12:14
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Aussies urged to slash digital footprint, change passwords: PayPal
A survey commissioned by online payments company, PayPal Australia, has revealed that some Australians don't know the number of websites holding their personal information and many are using the same passwords across multiple accounts, much to the alarm of security experts.
By Hamish Barwick | 30 May, 2011 15:22
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