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Medical identity theft a rising and significant threat

As credit card numbers lose value on the underground market, more thieves focusing on medical identity theft, experts report.

Mozilla regrets keeping quiet on SSL certificate theft

'We should have informed Web users,' says Firefox maker of Comodo hack

Microsoft to FTC: Don’t tell us how long to retain users’ private data

FTC comments show support for privacy but regulatory light touch

RIAA request for trillions in LimeWire copyright case is ‘absurd,’ judge says

Federal Judge Kimba Wood notes that damages sought would amount to more than music industry has made in its history

NASA’s “images” of life on Mars circa 1975

NASA shows artists idea of Mars from 1975

Google patches 6 serious Chrome bugs

And blacklists two more SSL certificates as Comodo break-in makes news

UPDATE: ID thief sentenced to more than 16 years in prison

The defendant used a people search website to confirm stolen Social Security numbers

UPDATE: Russian security team to upgrade SCADA exploit tool

Gleg plans to add the latest public SCADA exploits into a penetration testing tool from Immunity

Welcome to Plato, Mo. (pop. 109) the mean population center of the United States

Designation helps US with communication, engineering, transportation and land use planning.

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