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Despite the recent TJX security breach, it is natural to conclude that companies will continue to ignore the seething vulnerabilities that lead to massive thefts of sensitive information. Online pests reaching new levels of sophistication and professionalism. Less than half of IT professionals believe that if found guilty alleged hacker Gary McKinnon should be sent to a US prison, a recent poll suggests. UK's Nottingham Primary Care Trust (NPCT) has admitted that "several laptops" have been stolen, one of which contains information on about 11,000 young children. Thousands of Halifax customer details have been stolen following the theft of a briefcase from an employee's car last week. The majority of businesses still hold the end user liable if they cause a security breach, despite legislation which deems the employer responsible, according to new research by McAfee. Thousands of employees at Worcestershire County Council are demanding answers after being told they are in danger of becoming victims of identity fraud following the theft of a laptop containing their bank and national insurance details. Nationwide Building Society could have easily and cheaply avoided the financial loss and reputation damage it suffered recently when one of its laptops containing the details of nearly 11 million customers was stolen, it was claimed today. Online advertising company, Zango, is to pay USD $3 million for "unfairly and deceptively" downloading adware onto people's computers. Two anti-spyware watchdogs will file a complaint to US regulators today urging them to take action against a malicious software website posing as a music download store. Four people suspected of committing online crimes, including malware writing, data theft and credit card fraud, have been arrested in Spain. Australia has dropped to 32nd place in the quarterly list of spam producing countries, while the US remained in the number one position, security vendor Sophos reported yesterday. The former chief executive of anti-virus software vendor CA was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison this week for his role in an accounting scandal at the company. Washington state's legal team announced that it is gunning for a movie download service that flooded consumers with spyware ads demanding payment for services they never signed up for. Send your comments, praise or criticisms to scfeedbackus@haymarketmedia.com. We reserve the right to edit letters. Washington state has settled a lawsuit with two Californian spammers accused of bombarding the Seattle School District and other organizations with junk email. A New York man who allowed his name to be used as an alias in business conducted by a company accused of violating Washington state’s computer spyware law has reached a settlement with the state attorney general’s office. The flooring of the Russian stock exchange by malware earlier this year served as a wake-up call for many financial institutions and at the same time brought to mind a recognised computer attack technique: take a system down prior to launching the 'real' attack. For many organizations, instant messaging (IM) and other peer-to-peer (P2P) applications have become instant headaches. An Australian man faces a multi-million dollar fine after being accused of sending 56 million spam emails. The charges are the first to be bought under that country's stringent anti-spam laws.