Security Briefing: March 11th

Through the magic of my forgetting to schedule posts, it appears that I missed a couple news posts. My bad.

Have a good day everyone!

cheers,
Dave

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And now, the news…

1. The Beginning of the End of Data Retention | EFF
2. Thrivent Financial Suffers Breach Of Security | Life and Health Insurance
3. Staying in a Hotel? Watch Your Credit Cards | Credit Card Guide
4. All-American ‘Jihad Jane’ arrested in terror plot | The Gazette
5. Cryptome: PayPal a ‘liar, cheat and a thug’ | The Register
6. Nose scanning techniques could sniff out criminals | BBC (WTF?)
7. Man charged over bid to damage US security database | Reuters
8. Russian hacker scams free flights and flowers | The Moscow News
9. Police detain 23 PKK hackers in 13 provinces | Hurriyet Daily News
10. VA investigating security breach of veterans’ medical data | Next Gov
11. Breach hits hundreds of employees | Brown Daily Herald

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