There are updates on tjmaxx and marshalls. TJX in the beginning supposed the intrusion began in May 2006 but the company said its ongoing investigation discovered the breach started nearly a year earlier, in July 2005.

Also, TJX declared that credit and debit card data had been accessed concerning transactions at U.S. and Puerto Rican stores from as far as January 2003 through June 2004, and credit card-only transactions at Canadian shops during the same period.

If you do live in a state where you can freeze your credit reports, I suggest that you do so. It's going to take some persistence — the three credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, don't exactly roll out the red carpet to help you put on a freeze. You'll need to contact every bureau separately, and must make a written request. The three credit bureaus can be reached at :

Spamnation.info does a great job in exposing the stock spammers and the  spam-advertised stocks. The listing shows the name of the company, its symbol, and the number of messages received. Unfortunately he pissed off some cyber crime spam lords and his site was to pay the price.

The Massachusetts Attorney General is heading up a group of more than 30 states trying to get some answers to how the massive T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, and A.J. Wright data breach actually happened.

Hackers, terrorists and nations all use computers, but who really is capable of damaging the critical infrastructure of the United States? The UNH Cyber Threat Calculator was unveiled Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, at the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri. The UNH Cyber Threat Calculator was developed by researchers at UNH Justiceworks and students, and offers a new method to identify and quantify the threats posed to the United States' cyber infrastructure.