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M&S Apologises After Cyberattack, Halts Online OrdersM&S Apologises After Cyberattack, Halts Online Orders

M&S Apologises After Cyberattack, Halts Online Orders

British retailer Marks & Spencer apologises after it struggles to recover from cyberattack this week, and halts online orders

10 hours ago
Ransomware Attacks Reach Record-Breaking Levels In 2024 – BlackFogRansomware Attacks Reach Record-Breaking Levels In 2024 – BlackFog

Ransomware Attacks Reach Record-Breaking Levels In 2024 – BlackFog

Scale of ransomware threat confirmed in new report from BlackFog, as attacks reached record-levels in 2024

2 months ago
Majority Of Businesses Expect A Cyber Breach In 2025Majority Of Businesses Expect A Cyber Breach In 2025

Majority Of Businesses Expect A Cyber Breach In 2025

Depressing stat. Research from Zscaler reveals that 60 percent of global businesses expect to suffer a cyber breach this year

2 months ago
Former ASML Employee Accused Of Contact With Russian IntelligenceFormer ASML Employee Accused Of Contact With Russian Intelligence

Former ASML Employee Accused Of Contact With Russian Intelligence

IP theft? Former Russian employee at both ASML and NXP denies allegations of contact with Russia's FSB intelligence service

3 months ago
Volkswagen Subsidiary Leak Exposes Personal, Location DataVolkswagen Subsidiary Leak Exposes Personal, Location Data

Volkswagen Subsidiary Leak Exposes Personal, Location Data

People's personal and location data has been exposed after a data leak at Cariad - a software firm that develops…

4 months ago
Marriott Agrees To Pay $52 Million To Settle Data BreachesMarriott Agrees To Pay $52 Million To Settle Data Breaches

Marriott Agrees To Pay $52 Million To Settle Data Breaches

To settle US federal and state claims over multiple data breaches, Marriott International agrees $52 million settlement payment

7 months ago
UK ICO Fines NHS Supplier For Medical Records BreachUK ICO Fines NHS Supplier For Medical Records Breach

UK ICO Fines NHS Supplier For Medical Records Breach

NHS supplier Advanced Computer Software Group fined £6m for data breach that exposed medical records of 82,000 people

9 months ago
AT&T Admits Data Breach Impacted “Nearly All” CustomersAT&T Admits Data Breach Impacted “Nearly All” Customers

AT&T Admits Data Breach Impacted “Nearly All” Customers

American telecommunications giant AT&T admits that “nearly all” customer accounts were compromised in 2022 breach

10 months ago
US Supreme Court To Hear Facebook Shareholder Suit AppealUS Supreme Court To Hear Facebook Shareholder Suit Appeal

US Supreme Court To Hear Facebook Shareholder Suit Appeal

US Supreme Court agrees to hear Facebook attempt to dismiss shareholder lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal

11 months ago
ICO Warns PSNI It Faces £750k Fine Over Data BreachICO Warns PSNI It Faces £750k Fine Over Data Breach

ICO Warns PSNI It Faces £750k Fine Over Data Breach

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says it cannot afford a £750,000 fine from the ICO, over its self-inflicted data…

11 months ago
Chinese Hack Exposes Ministry Of Defence Payroll DataChinese Hack Exposes Ministry Of Defence Payroll Data

Chinese Hack Exposes Ministry Of Defence Payroll Data

Payroll records of nearly all members of the UK's armed forces have been exposed, reportedly to Chinese hackers

12 months ago
AT&T Says Data Of 7.6 Million Account Holders Leaked On Dark WebAT&T Says Data Of 7.6 Million Account Holders Leaked On Dark Web

AT&T Says Data Of 7.6 Million Account Holders Leaked On Dark Web

American telecommunications giant AT&T investigates incident after millions of customers’ data published on dark web

1 year ago
US Congress Bans Use Of Microsoft AI Copilot – ReportUS Congress Bans Use Of Microsoft AI Copilot – Report

US Congress Bans Use Of Microsoft AI Copilot – Report

Risk of leaks. US House of Representatives implements strict ban on congressional staff using Microsoft's Copilot chatbot

1 year ago
Hackers Steals Customer Data From Car Parking GiantHackers Steals Customer Data From Car Parking Giant

Hackers Steals Customer Data From Car Parking Giant

Owner of parking apps RingGo and ParkMobile has been hacked, and customer data including credit card info has been stolen

1 year ago
Board Support Critical For Robust Cybersecurity Defence – TrellixBoard Support Critical For Robust Cybersecurity Defence – Trellix

Board Support Critical For Robust Cybersecurity Defence – Trellix

Security managers receive more board level support following a cyberattack, but cyber incidents are still occurring for majority

1 year ago

Samsung Confirms Hackers Compromised Customer Data – Report

Customers of the Samsung UK Store are being notified of a data breach that exposed their personal information

1 year ago

ICO Drops Investigation Into 2020 EasyJet Hack

BA not happy? UK data protection watchdog confirms it is halting EasyJet hack probe due to lack of resources

1 year ago

Equifax Fined By UK Watchdog Over 2017 Data Breach

UK's financial watchdog fines Equifax £11.2m for failure to protect UK consumer data in one of the largest ever cyber…

2 years ago

Sony Confirms Data Breach After MOVEit Tool Compromise

Sony finally confirms it was impacted by the Clop compromise of the MOVEit tool and begins notifying thousands of victims

2 years ago

ICC War Crime Tribunal Admits ‘Cybersecurity Incident’

International tribunal responsible for prosecuting those accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes has been hacked

2 years ago

Manchester Police Officer Data Compromised In Supplier Attack

Ransomware attack on third-party supplier has compromised data of staff employed by Greater Manchester Police (GMP)

2 years ago

PSNI Data Breach Results In Arrests, Resignations

Two men arrested under the Terrorism Act, by detectives investigating huge PSNI data breach, have been released

2 years ago

Norfolk, Suffolk Police Confirm Data Breach

Another data breach for a UK police force, after Norfolk and Suffolk police admit victim data has been accessed

2 years ago

Dissident Republicans Claim To Have PSNI Breach Data, Admits Chief Constable

Disastrous PSNI data breach this week sees dissident republicans claiming to have information from the leak, chief constable admits

2 years ago

‘Monumental’ Data Breach Exposes Northern Ireland Police Officers

Every police officer in Northern Ireland has had their names and departmental locations exposed in a self-inflicted data breach

2 years ago

Council Publishes 15,000 Staff Salary Details Online

South Lanarkshire Council accidentally publishes salaries and national insurance numbers of 15,000 staff in Freedom of Information response

2 years ago

Former Uber Security Chief Sentenced To Probation Over Hack

San Francisco judge sentences former Uber security chief to three years' probation for role in covering up massive 2016 data…

2 years ago

T-Mobile Discloses Second Data Breach…This Year

Surely not. Second data breach of 2023, as number of security breaches continue to pile up at US mobile operator…

2 years ago

OpenAI Fixes Bug With ChatGPT That Exposed User Chats

Chief executive of OpenAI admits “significant issue” in ChatGPT has now been fixed, after user chat titles were exposed

2 years ago