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Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clinton, says the 2012 breach led to upgrades of the state’s security system, including a better firewall.

Security breach bill passes the House

Last updated Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 10:19pm

SALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers are taking action to prevent another breach of sensitive data following the inadvertent release of almost 800,000 names in 2012.

The House voted unanimously to approve legislation establishing guidelines for how information for Medicaid and CHIP recipients will be handled and also pushing the state to actively identify industry best standards in protecting electronic databases.

The measure, SB 20, now goes to the governor.

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Hackers for hire put corporate security systems to the test

W.J. Hennigan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 10:40am

LOS ANGELES -- Most weekdays, Jarrad Sims and Tin Tam, a pair of college buddies, ride their bikes to a computer center and try to hack into computer security systems belonging to Boeing Co.

Rather than having them arrested, Boeing is paying them to do it -- a situation that the car-loving, video-gaming friends have pronounced "awesome."

For two years, the young engineers have worked side by side in a secluded unit where they design and thoroughly test ironclad security systems for the largest aerospace company in the world. Boeing's systems need to be capable of staving off hackers and keeping safe some of the nation's most prized intellectual property.

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