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Data Breach at EMC’s Anti-Hacking Division

It’s been close to a month since the world’s largest maker of data storage computers had its own security anti-hacking division hacked. Hackers compromised a widely used technology for preventing computer break-ins.

The data breach came as a significant embarrassment for EMC Corp., of Hopkinton, Mass, who is also a premier security vendor. The incident and the unusual public acknowledgement of the security lapse is especially troubling because the technology sold by EMC’s security anti-hacking divisions technology RSA, plays an important role in keeping unauthorized people out of networks. More >