Best known 10 security breaches for year 2008 has been quoted here. Linda McGlasson, the author has also nicely put down the lessons learnt from those breaches.

To brief :

1. TJX Case Winds Up, Arrests Made

2. Bank of New York Mellon

3. Hannaford Data Breach

4. Countrywide Insider Theft

5. GE Money Backup Tape Goes AWOL

6. RSA Report: Half-Million Banking ID’s Stolen

7. Compass Bank Hard Drive Stolen, 1 Million Accounts Taken

8. Ski Resort Okemo Suffers Hannaford-Like Data Breach

9. Retailer Montgomery Ward

10. More Than $5 Million Taken By ATM Capers

worth a read!!

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