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Top five worst IT security mishaps of 2007

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Despite the message being driven home by governments, consumer groups and industry bodies that IT security is paramount, this year has thrown up a worrying number of serious breaches.

Some of these violations are down to the increasing sophistication of the criminals perpetrating the attacks but, in many instances, systems are compromised in ways that simply should not be possible. Aside from the damage done to an organisation's brand, an increasingly strict legislative framework in this area — laws such as Sarbanes-Oxley — should have left no-one in doubt as to the importance of getting security right.

Obviously, there is no such thing as a 100 percent secure system, but this year has shown some businesses are continuing to fall short when it comes to security basics. The threat of legal action over lost or stolen customer data, including potential prison terms for the managers responsible, have still not hit home for some organisations, as the following cases illustrate.

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