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Another security breach at UMd. College Park 03/20/2014 01:19pm • WASHINGTON -- It's happened again. The University of Maryland, College Park is dealing with yet another cyber attack. The Baltimore Sun reports the breach is unrelated to last month's attack, where a data base with hundreds of thousands of social security numbers were taken by hackers. Accord States with income taxes 'clobbered' by tax identity theft 03/20/2014 04:02am • WASHINGTON -- You've heard a lot of stories of identity fraud recently, most notably at Nieman-Marcus and the University of Maryland. But there's another way crooks are getting at your money -- tax identity theft. It's not the same as tax fraud. It happens when crooks get your personal informa Beltway Poll: Area reacts to security breaches 03/18/2014 07:19pm • WASHINGTON -- In the past few months, the personal and financial information of millions of people has been stolen because of security lapses at retailers and universities. For two examples, credit card numbers were hacked at Target and Social Security numbers were stolen at the University of Data breach at University of Maryland dates back to 1992 03/13/2014 08:19am • WASHINGTON -- The breadth of a cyber-attack at the University of Maryland is larger than school officials previously reported, but the number of Social Security numbers stolen is smaller than previously reported. Hackers broke into a secure university database last month, stealing a massive amo Homeland security expert: Passport security too vulnerable 03/11/2014 10:29am • WASHINGTON -- The news of two men traveling with stolen passport on the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner is shedding new light on the vulnerability with passport security, says a homeland security expert. Michael Greenberger, director of the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homelan U.Md. to extend credit monitoring for data breach victims 02/25/2014 05:32pm • WASHINGTON - The University of Maryland will extend the length of time victims of last week's data breach can receive free credit monitoring. University President Wallace Loh Tuesday apologized again for the breach and called for more changes to better protect student and staff members' personal i U.Md. data breach victims rush to learn more, swamp phone lines 02/25/2014 12:55pm • UPDATE: Tuesday - 2/25/2014, 5:40pm ET WASHINGTON - The University of Maryland is telling students, alumni and faculty to hold off on calling to sign up for credit monitoring after a deluge of calls Tuesday crashed Experian's hotline. As of midday, those who called weren't able to speak with an Credit monitoring for University of Md. students starts Tuesday 02/21/2014 01:52pm • WASHINGTON - After a massive data breach at the University of Maryland exposed more than 309,000 Social Security numbers, university officials are providing guidance about what people should do to protect themselves. Brian Voss, vice president of the Division of Information Technology, says in a st 4 ways to be digitally responsive and engaged in a 24/7 world 02/20/2014 12:40pm • Thirty years ago, you could tell a colleague or client was a hard worker because she was always “taking work home with her.” The laptop pushed the responsiveness bar higher. Because people could work outside the office, after business hours, we began demanding our colleagues get work don 10 things to know for Thursday 02/20/2014 03:15am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday: 1. FACEBOOK REALLY LIKES WHATSAPP The world's biggest social networking company is buying the mobile messaging service for up to $19 billion in cash and stock. 2 UMd. data breach compromises personal records from 1998 on 02/19/2014 06:37pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The president of the University of Maryland says a computer security attack breached a database that contains personal information about more than 300,000 faculty, staff, students and others. Wallace Loh said in a statement posted Wednesday on the university's website that Talk Radio Host Running For Moran’s Seat 02/18/2014 05:05pm • Liberal talk show host Mark Levine will join this year’s crowded Democratic primary race for retiring Rep. Jim Moran’s 8th Congressional District seat. Levine, 47, hosts “The Inside Scoop,” a syndicated talk-radio program, and has previously worked as a legislative counsel to Charting the most (and least) popular baby names ... 02/17/2014 09:32am • WASHINGTON -- The name Sophia - one of the top five baby girl names now - has seen a meteoric rise in popularity in the past 15 years or so. But it was one of the least popular names back in the 1880s. At that time, the most popular baby girl name was Mary. For boys, the name John was the most p 10 things to know for Friday 02/14/2014 03:31am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. `OH, NOT AGAIN': NORTHEAST SLAMMED BY ANOTHER STORM At least 20 people killed, including a pregnant New York City woman hit by a snow plow while loading groceri Free Lunch Friday Rules 02/11/2014 12:31pm • WTOP - FREE LUNCH FRIDAY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES 1. 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