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A sizeable 60 per cent of UK organisations have suffered at least one data breach over the last 12 months, according to a new survey. HSBC has lost a disc containing details of 370,000 of its customers, in an incident which will raise further questions about firms' data security policies. Deutsche Telekom loses 17m customer details. Tumbleweed’s regional vice president Stree Naidu has praised Australian organisations for their efforts in aptly implementing solutions to prevent information and data breaches. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes worldwide. In the US alone, identify theft happens every 79 seconds, becoming the fastest growing crime in America. The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has admitted that it has lot 658 laptops and 121 USB data drives since 2004, much more than was previously admitted to. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, father of the internet, has hit out at companies that try and sell customer’s browsing data.

As many as 50,000 personnel records at risk from Uk's Royal Airforce security
breach. Iowa joins states that require encryption and notification of customers should information be compromised. Fifty-six people have been arrested in connection with an undercover FBI operation that posed as an online forum for trading stolen credit card numbers. The security of data held by the CIA, the FBI and the US Department of Defense was compromised earlier this year after a partner agency allowed zone transfer access of its Domain Name Services. Daily Mail, which has spent months lambasting the UK government on data security, has itself lost a laptop containing the personal information of staff. Federal agencies are not doing enough to protect citizens from identity theft, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress. Criminal gangs have been placing staff members in companies to operate as moles, an internet security expert said. While data loss and data leakage continue to have a significant effect on Australian organisations, new research reveals that organisations are not doing enough to combat the threat. The European Commission is said to be close to finalizing an agreement with the United States that would allow the FBI to see the credit card histories and internet browsing habits of European citizens. Organisations are frequently disciplining and even terminating employees for breaching enterprise email security policies and leaking sensitive data, according to the results of Proofpoint’s latest quarterly survey. Karen Curtis, the Australian Privacy Commissioner has renewed calls for mandatory data breach laws in Australia in a 786-page submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC). For information security directors at large corporations, the growing reliance on contractors is a major concern. Local and offshore programmers provide businesses a competitive edge, but they also increase security risks. The NHS has had to admit to losing a laptop containing thousands of patient details.