Tag Archives: network security
Toronto Hydro customer data breach: Are home addresses and phone numbers less important?

Toronto Hydro customer data breach: Are home addresses and phone numbers less important?

Toronto Hydro’s CEO David O’Brien sent 685,000 letters last week, to inform customers that the “name, address, account number and the amount of the last bill of some of [their] customers has come into the possession of a third party not associated with Toronto Hydro.” The letter doesn’t use the word “stolen” or “theft” although [...]

Read more
FAA: Network Security Vulnerability on Boeing’s New 787?

FAA: Network Security Vulnerability on Boeing’s New 787?

Wired published an article yesterday about an FAA report that identifies a potential security vulnerability in the way Boeing has designed the passenger jet’s on-board computer network. While not a lot of detail has been released by the FAA or Boeing and the plane is not scheduled for deployment until November 2008, it appears the [...]

Read more