http://www.csoonline.com/article/713031/epa-data-breach-highlights-worrying-trend By Taylor Armerding CSO August 07, 2012 In the war over government data security, the statistics indicate the bad guys are winning. And some security experts say any hope of reversing that trend will take "a whole new paradigm" in IT security. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported last week that federal data breaches involving unauthorized disclosures of personally identifiable information increased by 19%, or about 13,000 to 15,500, from 2010 to 2011. At least some of the time, victims of those breaches are being left in the dark about it for months. About 123,000 Thrift Savings Plan participants whose personal information was compromised in a July 2011 breach were not notified until this past May. That is not the only instance. The Washington Business Journal reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waited until last week to notify 5,100 employees and 2,700 "other individuals" of a data security breach last March that exposed their Social Security numbers and banking information. [...]Received on Wed Aug 08 2012 - 03:21:15 PDT
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