The biggest security snafus of 2013 (so far)

10 things we love about Ubuntu 13/5 things we hate Geek-themed meme of the week: No. 2 Network World Daily News PM July 01, 2013 Share this email The biggest security snafus of 2013 (so far) Late last December ended with a hacker leaking data on 300,000 Verizon FIOS customers which was apparently stolen via a marketing partner of Verizon. And now, the middle of 2013 ends with Edward Snowden, the former Booz Allen Hamilton contractor who worked for the National Security Agency (NSA), leaking secrets about NSA spying, including that Verizon, along other U.S. telecom companies, gives customer phone records to the NSA. It's been a busy six months for security chills and spills, and here's our semi-annual update on the "biggest security snafus so far" this year. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 10 things we love about Ubuntu 13/5 things we hate 2. Geek-themed meme of the week: No. 2 3. VMware brain drain: Former sales chief moves on to Amazon's cloud biz 4. 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