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Proprietary database servers are almost twice as likely to have suffered a security breach in the last year compared to open source database servers, new research has revealed today. New York state has enacted a law which will oblige companies and local government to disclose to customers if their personal information is hacked. The National Association of Attorneys General has sent a letter to CardSystems Solutions demanding that the company notify all customers affected by a security breach that exposed millions of credit cards to potential fraud. Nearly half of U.K. small businesses expect to suffer a security breach within the next year, according to new figures.

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Following what could be the largest privacy breach in the nation’s history, a leading email marketer will pay New York state $1.1 million for improperly using the personal information of six million consumers. Update: Cisco has confirmed that its password protection system for entry to its customer portal has been compromised. CardSystems is finding out just how painful poor security is after major credit-card companies moved to cut ties with the data broker and payment processor. City of London police are probing claims that call center workers in India were selling the confidential information of British bank customers. The allegations arose from a sting operation by an undercover reporter for the Sun newspaper. As of Friday, New York state companies no longer have a choice of notifying customers of an identity breach. In the wake of the latest security breach compromising personal data, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined law enforcement, consumer groups and identity theft victims to urge Congress to beef up protection of people's confidential data. ChoicePoint Chairman and CEO Derek Smith, appearing before a Congressional committee, apologized to 145,000 consumers whose personal information was exposed to criminals. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Monday toughened her proposal to require organizations to notify people of breaches that compromise their personal data. T-Mobile USA says it has made security a top priority after it emerged that a hacker had broken into the company's internal systems and viewed customer details. Publishing company Reed Elsevier admitted today that around 32,000 US individuals had their personal data revealed to hackers in a suspected case of identity theft. The publisher said its LexisNexis arm had database information, including social security and driver’s licence numbers, stolen as the result of fraudulent access. The U.S. Air Force is notifying more than 33,000 airmen of a security breach in an online system containing their personal information. Knowing when to call in a professional can be the most important decision an organization can make when it comes to security breaches – you can’t take chances if there’s a known breach or overwhelming evidence that one has occurred. A class-action lawsuit has been filed in California on behalf of credit-card holders and merchants against CardSystems Solutions, Visa, and MasterCard after a security breach that exposed 40 million credit cards to potential fraud. The huge security breach that exposed more than 40 million credit cards to potential fraud appears to be the work of organized criminals, experts said Monday. Seventy per cent of IT security spending is a direct result of a security breach.