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Consumers Hold Firms Accountable For Breaches

Consumers demand better data protection or their business goes elsewhere: Unisys Security Index

13 years ago

Facebook Hits Back At Socialbot Accusations

It's not as easy to scrape personal data as researchers claim, says Facebook

13 years ago

Private Sector Data Protection Breaches Increase

The ICO's annual report found a 58 per cent increase in data breaches by private companies.

13 years ago

ICO Slates Council For Posting Salary Details Online

Dumfries & Galloway Council put personal details for 900 staff members on a website

13 years ago

RSA Says SecurID Was Hacked By A ‘Nation State’

At the RSA conference, executives explained its SecurID breach - but kept some details quiet

13 years ago

US Government Security Incidents Skyrocket

A new report has revealed the poor state of security within the US federal government

13 years ago

White House Acts On WikiLeaks-Style Breaches

The US federal government has launched new systems to protect classified government documents

13 years ago

Git Saves Linux Code Base In Kernel Server Breach

The Linux Kernel site was given the bumps on its 20th birthday when hackers broke in to plant a Trojan

13 years ago

Defence Contractor Breached By Anonymous AntiSec

Anonymous continued its AntiSec rampage, targeting US defence contractor Vanguard's documents

13 years ago

Lush Hack Leads ICO To Warn Other Online Retailers

Lush Cosmetics avoided an ICO fine for a recent security breach but had to pay for an expensive redesign

13 years ago

Gartner: Enterprises Must Revise Privacy Policies

Privacy policies need revamping for cloud, location-based services, security breaches and new regulations

13 years ago

Anonymous Attacks Monsanto, Steals Employee Data

Anonymous releases information stolen from Monsanto as the US Senate addresses cyber-security issues

13 years ago

Travelodge Admits Customer Data Leak

Travelodge has informed the ICO of an 'issue' that resulted in the apparent compromise of customer emails

14 years ago

Security Breaches Near ‘Statistical Certainty’: Study

A study has found that 90 percent of organisations suffered a security breach in the past 12 months

14 years ago

Lulzsec Claims To Have Stolen UK Census Data

The Office of National Statistics is scrambling to check if Lulzsec has the details of every person in the UK

14 years ago

Bitcoin Value Plummets Following Hack

A Japan-based Bitcoin exchange is planning to return to service 'soon' following a security incident

14 years ago

Sega Latest Victim In Hacking Spree

Lulzsec has offered to help investigate the breach, in which personal data on 1.3 million Sega Pass users was stolen

14 years ago

Lulzsec Hackers Take Down CIA Site And Hit Senate

Hacktivists Lulzsec overloaded the CIA's website on Wednesday, as part of continuing protests

14 years ago

NHS Researchers Lose Laptop With 8m Patient Records

Researchers for London Health Programmes have lost unencrypted records of 8.63 million NHS patients

14 years ago

Surrey Council Hit By Biggest ICO Fine To Date

Surrey County Council has been fined £120,000 for sending sensitive data to taxi firms, among other breaches

14 years ago

Traditional Defences Can’t Stop APT, Zero-Day Threats

Security vendor warns that antivirus and intrusion prevention are not enough to stop cyber-attackers

14 years ago

Sony Expects £2bn Loss After Hack, Earthquake

The Playstation hack and the Japanese earthquake contribute to an expected £2 billion loss

14 years ago

LinkedIn Faces Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

LinkedIn's user profiles are vulnerable to a 'session management nightmare', an Indian researcher says

14 years ago

Can The UK Learn From US Cyber Security Plans?

The US government's plans to secure infrastructure look good, says Peter Judge. Maybe Britain can learn a thing or two…

14 years ago

After Sony, Governments Must Protect Citizens

Sony's lack of attention to security raises an argument for governments to set minimum standards like the PCI-DSS rules, says…

14 years ago

Anonymous Denies Responsibility for Playstation Hack

Sony blamed Anonymous for the Playstation cyber attack - but the group says it was not involved

14 years ago

Sony Networks And Qriocity May Kill The Fat Cat

Sony has sprung into action to win back the esteem of the customers betrayed by its poor security regime. Too…

14 years ago

ICO To Investigate UK Effects Of Sony Data Breach

The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating Sony's data breach to see if there is a case to be answered

14 years ago

Infosec: Missing Laptops Lose Over A Billion Euros

A European survey on the economic costs of almost 73,000 lost or stolen laptops puts the bill into billions

14 years ago

ICO Slaps Oldham School, But Suffers Fresh Criticism

Information Commissioner tells a teacher off for losing a laptop, but critics say this is not enough

14 years ago