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The personal information - including Social Security numbers - of 71,000 Indiana state health care workers were accessed by a hacker in January. A multimillion-dollar state-wide credit card scam has been uncovered in the US, six arrested and four warrants have been issued. A dozen of the UK's leading banks have been accused of putting the security of potentially millions of customer's in jeopardy by dumping sensitive information in rubbish bins outside their premises. Hackers infiltrated network systems - potentially accessing the personal details of millions of shoppers - at TJX Companies for a longer period than the discount clothing retailer initially thought. A former government consultant breached sensitive portions of the FBI's classified computer system to obtain the passwords of 38,000 employees – including that of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, according to a report today in the Washington Post. A new service that allows consumers to check if their personal information has been stolen or compromised by criminals was launched today. The users of a retirement savings and investment plan for US federal employees were targeted by keyloggers last month, with cybercriminals making off with about US$35,000 from user accounts. An Ohio pediatric hospital is notifying patients and donors - totaling as many as 240,000 people - that their personal information may have been compromised by hackers. Office workers are exposing their employers to substantial risks, including legal action and regulatory breaches, by using instant messenger and web based email at work, according to a new survey. Three months after a laptop breach put the personal information of millions of active duty service people at risk, another computer containing the personal information of veterans has gone missing. This year has been a big one for security mergers and acquisitions, but it is likely that no deal will be as momentous as the one announced by EMC Corporation and RSA Security in July. For all of the change that occurs in the industry, there remains one immutable consideration that every IT security manager must deal with: the justification of security costs. Microsoft released a new security advisory on Friday after malicious code was published for a recently patched flaw in the remote access connection manager service. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week that the identities of about 26,000 employees and contractors may have been compromised by the illegal hijacking of the agency’s computer systems earlier this month. A new survey revealed today that almost half of global e-crime experts believe the biggest threat to organizations’ data comes from “the enemy within," rather than external hackers. A third of senior managers do not know if their company has been hacked, according to new findings. Nearly 40 percent of executives believe their company will be the victim of a successful cybercrime attack, according to a new survey. CardSystems Solutions President and CEO John Perry appeared before a House subcommittee Thursday to testify how the payment processor's network was breached, exposing thousands of credit cards to potential fraud. Information security professionals are great at taking orders. Business leaders tell us what they want and we'll respond. We'll write rules and policies for use of email, the internet or remote access and we'll act as policemen when these rules are breached. But there's a real need for security professionals to step a little further outside this box. Ameriprise Financial, an investment group part of American Express until last year, said the personal information of nearly a quarter-million clients was compromised last month.