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Opinion: Why Do Big Hacks Happen? Blame Big Data

Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies, revealed this month that it was hacked back in May, exposing the personal data of up to 143 million people. The data accessed by hackers contains extremely sensitive information like social security numbers, birth data, consumer's names, driver's license numbers and credit card numbers.

Nordstrom Is Opening a Store That Will Serve Beer But Won't Stock Clothes

Nordstrom is trying a smaller store on for size.

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U.K. Firms Have Slavery 'Blind Spot,' Research Shows

U.K. firms are focusing anti-slavery efforts on foreign supply chains and overlooking forced labour at home, according to research.

Home-Improvement Retailers Scrambled to Restock in Florida

Home Depot Inc., Lowe's Co. and other home-improvement retailers are rushing supplies into Florida in Irma's wake, an effort critical to rebuilding efforts as well as their quarterly sales.

Tougher Sanctions Enacted Against North Korea

The United Nations Security Council unanimously agreed to impose tighter sanctions on North Korea this week, imposing limits on oil exports, banning the country's textile imports and access to gas liquids, and more closely inspecting cargo ships going in and out of its ports.

Hospital Tracks Equipment With RFID-Enabled Shelving

Tokyo's St. Luke's International Hospital has completed a pilot of RFID technology to track the movement of equipment. The facility found that the technology identified stock levels at each of its wards in real time, and reduced the number of staff visits to the central clinical engineering room by approximately 55 percent.

Ship Emissions Make Thunderstorms More Intense, Study Says

A new study mapping lightning around the globe finds lightning strokes occur nearly twice as often directly above heavily-trafficked shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea than they do in areas of the ocean adjacent to shipping lanes that have similar climates.

House Passes Bill to Speed Introduction of Self-Driving Cars

U.S. House lawmakers passed a wide-ranging bill to speed the introduction of self-driving vehicles championed by tech and auto companies racing to develop and deploy the technology.

Worldwide Information Security Spending Will Top $85Bn This Year, Gartner Says

Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $86.4bn in 2017, an increase of 7 percent over 2016, with spending expected to grow to $93bn in 2018, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc.

Members of European Parliament Call for Fines After Tainted Eggs Failures

Members of the European Parliament have called for a faster alert system and fines for states that fail to share food safety information following a tainted eggs scandal.

Digital Sourcing: What, Where and How?

Digital technology has come to the supply chain, and the procurement function must take note.

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NYIT, X-wave Innovations to Develop RFID Technology for NASA

The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) is partnering with X-wave Innovations Inc. (XII), a research and development firm specializing in the defense, homeland security, transportation and energy fields, to develop an embedded sensor system for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The solution is capable of measuring the levels of temperature, pressure and strain on various rocket propulsion engine components.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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