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The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) yesterday announced that it is committing more than £2m to assist the recovery of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) that have been affected by the Buncefield oil depot explosion.
source: East of England Development Agency 12/01/2006
In Hurricane Katrina's watery aftermath, companies that provide online file-backup services are reporting a sharp increase in business.
source: news.com 01/09/2005
The retail finance division of Citigroup has admitted that a
backup tape containing personal information on almost 4 million customers in
the US has gone missing. The United Parcel Service lost the tape on May 2nd,
and it hasn't been seen since. CitiFinancial only noticed the tape was missing
on May 20. The tape contains Social Security numbers and transaction histories
on both open and closed accounts at the bank’s lending branches in the US
source: The Register 07/04/2005
A series of security break-ins is kick-starting a political
drive to reshape federal laws that dictate how companies protect personal
information--and what they have to do if that data leaks out.
source: ZDnet 01/03/2005
Hundreds of government laptops with potentially sensitive
information are being lost or stolen, a study shows.
source: BBC News 15/12/2003