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The retailer learned of the intrusion after a Department of Justice indictment last month.

Apple's latest version of the iPhone was released to market on Friday last week. Within hours, the iPhone Dev Team, which cracked the original iPhone, claimed to have hacked the operating system behind the iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0.

The iPhone Dev Team also claimed to have developed a tool, 'PwnageTool 2.0', that will enable users to 'jailbreak', or run unofficial, third-party apps, on their iPhone 3G. In a blog post, the iPhone Dev Team posted a link to a video which they claim shows PwnageTool 2.0 in action.  read more »

Though more than 94 million accounts may have been compromised in the TJX data security breach, customers remain faithful. That doesn't mean companies can relax their standards.

The security breach at TJX compromised 94 million accounts -- far more than the 45 million TJX has acknowledged -- a banking group claims in court filings.

A group representing technology firms is pushing UK lawmakers to pass breach notification laws and data protection rules.

The latest retailer to suffer a security breach is Gap Inc., which blames the exposure of data on 800,000 job applicants on a third-party vendor that manages the information.

A Pfizer employee removed files exposing 34,000 people to potential identity fraud, according to the company. It was the third data breach at the company in three months.

Also in Security Bytes: A data security breach law could be strengthened and Mac OS X users face Samba flaws.

Companies continue to lack a response plan and fail to implement appropriate encryption technologies, according to a survey of more than 700 IT executives and security officers.