University Databases In the Bull’s Eye A high-profile breach announced this week at the University of Hawaii (UH) Manoa was the latest in a rash of summertime university database exposures — and it serves as a reminder of how much work postsecondary institutions still must do to improve their data security practices.

HSBC Database Breach Highlights Lack Of Accountability For IT Super Users As new details continue to emerge this month about an initially undetected large-scale database pilfering by a former IT worker at HSBC, security experts hope it will highlight one of the most glaring weaknesses in many a financial institution’s database protection scheme: poor accountability for IT super users. The breach was initially uncovered late last year, when former HSBC IT specialist Herve Falciani tried to sell the records of an unknown number of Swiss accounts held by French customers to officials in France charged with hunting down tax evaders