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North Korea behind denial of service attacks?

July 9, 2009 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

Reports today are indicating that several South Korean Web sites have been attacked again. Several officials have voiced speculation that North Korea was behind both today's denial of service attacks and last week's wave of outages that hit sites in both the U.S. and South Korea. No comment from Pyongyang.
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Not "Clear" What Happens to Passenger Data.....

June 23, 2009 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

Bad news if you were a frequent flyer who ponied up the $199 annual fee to participate in Verified Identity Pass, Inc.'s registered traveler program, branded as "Clear." Last night, the company announced that it was "unable to negotiate an agreement with its senior creditor" and shut down. Membership fees will not be refunded.
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FTC Issues Consent Order for GLBA Violations

June 18, 2009 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

In the run-up to the enforcement deadline for the Identity Theft Red Flag Rule (August 1, 2009 - more on that in another post), enforcement of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Privacy Rule and Safeguards Rule has not been forgotten by the Federal Trade Commission.
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