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The week in security: Cyber Monday threat looms; Australia sets data-collection standard

Australia is apparently setting the gold standard when it comes to aggregating personal information on its citizens, with the UK said to be using the controversial Australian data-retention regime as a model for its own legislation. There's no telling how that will be received by the US National Security Agency, which was arguing that its own online surveillance programs are legal and carefully scrutinised by other parts of the government.

David Braue | 02 Dec | Read more
Staples confirms data breach investigation

Monday evening, investigative journalist Brian Krebs reported that multiple banking sources were seeing a pattern of credit and debit card fraud. The common thread between each case were purchases made at Staples Inc. stores in the Northeastern U.S.

Steve Ragan | 21 Oct | Read more
Home Depot confirms payment systems breach across U.S. stores

Home Depot has confirmed that its payment systems in stores across the U.S. and Canada were breached, exposing customers' credit- and debit-card data.

Antone Gonsalves | 09 Sep | Read more
Two US supermarket chains report major computer break-ins

Supermarket chain Supervalu has reported that more than 200 stores were affected by a computer break-in that exposed customers' debit- and credit-card numbers and other data.

Antone Gonsalves | 16 Aug | Read more

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