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Submission + - Massive Desjardins Group data breach caused by employee who's since been fired (straight.com)

Submitted by Freshly Exhumed
Freshly Exhumed writes: The Quebec-based Desjardins Group has admitted to being victimized by one of the largest data breaches in Canadian history. Laval police informed the financial-services giant that personal information of more than 2.9 million members has been shared with people outside of the organization. This includes 2.7 million people and 173,000 businesses. "This situation is the outcome of unauthorized and illegal use of our internal data by an employee who has since been fired," Desjardins said in a statement. "In light of these events, and given the circumstances, additional security measures were put in place on all accounts." Desjardins, which is the largest federation of credit unions in North America, will be informing people by letters if they've been affected.
Biotech

First Halophile Potatoes Harvested 117

Posted by timothy from the integrated-dill-is-the-next-step dept.
Razgorov Prikazka writes "A Dutch-based company from Groningen is trying to create a potato race that is able to survive in a saline environment. The first test-batch was just harvested (English translation of Dutch original) on the island Texel and seem to be in good shape. The company states that rising sea-levels will create a demand for halophile crops. I do wonder if one still has to put salt on ones potatoes when they are grown in salt water."

Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 332

by Chibouki (#27616581) Attached to: Microsoft Family Safety Filter Blocks Google
Maybe there are some reasons to block Google under a Family Safety Filter. On of them is that you can search all pron images or videos that you crave for. Or that Google translate is a pretty effective proxy to boldly go where no one has gone before (and you can safely use it at work too!).
Book Reviews

Linux Firewalls 91

Posted by samzenpus from the protect-ya-neck dept.
David Martinjak writes "Linux Firewalls, authored by Michael Rash and published by No Starch Press, covers five main topics: traditional packet filtering with iptables, port scan detection, snort rule translation, port knocking, and log visualization. At first I considered only skimming the chapters regarding iptables packet filtering. I have a good amount of experience with iptables, and have been running it for several years. Thankfully I decided to give the first chapter a good read. Right from the start, the book presented valuable information and pulled me in." Read on for the rest of David's review.

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