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Deliveroo Customer Accounts Are ‘Compromised’

Customer accounts hacked but Deliveroo denies breach of its systems and urges customers to improve their passwords

8 years ago

Data Protection Breach Cases Set To Soar With GDPR Introduction

Legal experts expect disputes related to privacy or data breaches to become much more common in the next five years

8 years ago

Three Suffers Data Breach As Hackers Steal Customer Data

A trio of men have been arrested in relation to unauthorised access to Three's customer database

8 years ago

Teenager Pleads Guilty To TalkTalk Hack Offences

17 year old hacker says he was just "showing off" when he caused major data breach at TalkTalk

8 years ago

WhatsApp Warned Over Data Sharing Policy Change

European regulators demand halt to user data transfer by WhatsApp, and contact Yahoo over breach and spying issue

8 years ago

Data Breach Exposes 550,000 Australian Red Cross Blood Service Donors

Security flaws on the organisation’s website led to personal data bleeding out after a basic hack attack

8 years ago

Adult FriendFinder Sex And Dating Website Allegedly Hacked Again

Surely not? Hackers claim to have penetrated (ahem) online sex and swinger website yet again

8 years ago

Yahoo Hack: Verizon Could Withdraw From $4.83 Billion Acquisition Deal

Verizon believes Yahoo's massive data breach by hackers does give it reason to walk away from its acquisition

8 years ago

Persistent Warnings Are Causing ‘Security Fatigue’

People are becoming weary of constant security advice and businesses could pay the price for poor decisions, a report has…

8 years ago

TalkTalk’s Cyber Security Negligence Gets It Hit With £400,000 ICO Fine

The Information Commissioner said TalkTalk’s security was found wanting

8 years ago

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Slammed By US Senators Over ‘Unacceptable’ Delay To Handling Data Leak

The fallout from the hack of Yahoo continues, with US senators lambasting firm's handling of incident

8 years ago

Yahoo Certificate Security Is ‘Still Poor’ Despite Hack

Research finds that Yahoo has still not taken steps to improve its certificate security and encryption, despite massive data breach

8 years ago

What Should You Do After Massive Yahoo Hack?

ANALYSIS: Hackers have stolen details of 500m Yahoo accounts. Here's what you should do and what businesses should do next

8 years ago

Sky And BT Email Users Are Caught Up In Yahoo Password Hack

Sky and BT email users on the Yahoo Mail platform are urged to reset their passwords following data breach

8 years ago

Hackers Breach US Government, Sell Attack Source Code

Two linked hackers are selling tools used to breach US government and military networks along with a trove of 33,000…

8 years ago

Data Breach Exposes Brazzers Porn Accounts

Names of 800,000 porn account holders placed in a compromising position after damaging data breach

8 years ago

Opera Investigates After Sync Server Data Breach

Opera admits breach of its servers and warns accounts and passwords could have been compromised

8 years ago

Sage Employee Arrested At Heathrow Airport

Just days after damaging data breach at Sage, police confirm arrest of staffer at Heathrow airport

8 years ago

Instagram Hack Promotes Porn Spam And Adult Dating

Symantec warns of Instagram profile hack that uses compromised accounts to promote adult dating websites

8 years ago

DNC Email Scandal Shows What Must Be Done to Prevent Breaches, Leaks

ANALYSIS: Once again the Democratic Party has been seriously embarrassed by an email leak scandal. But without the leaks the…

8 years ago

Hackers Collect £15,000 For Pornhub Exploit

The attack provided complete access to Pornhub's database and exposed two PHP flaws

8 years ago

Researcher Develops Tool To See If Password Has Been Reused

The tool is intended for defensive purposes, but could also be used to facilitate password attacks

9 years ago

UK Police Cause Thousands Of Data Breaches Since 2011

Report finds police officers across UK regularly abuse positions of power to access personal data

9 years ago

Blindspotter Uses Machine Learning To Find Suspicious Network Activity

The use of machine learning to identify suspicious online activity is a new and important capability in securing the network,…

9 years ago

Will MPs’ TalkTalk Hack Recommendations Make The UK More Secure?

INDUSTRY VIEW: Security experts examine parliamentary select committee's proposals for data breach compliance, enforcement and awareness

9 years ago

MPs Recommend Greater Powers For ICO In Wake Of TalkTalk Hack

Select committee says ICO should have more resources to cope with breaches and greater flexibility with punishments

9 years ago

GoToMYPC Resets Passwords After ‘Sophisticated’ Attack

The Citrix-run remote desktop service said it was targeted by a 'very sophisticated password attack'

9 years ago

Acer Security Flaw Exposed Customer Data For 11 Months

Acer is preparing to alert customers to a data breach that affected Acer's e-commerce site from May 2015 to April…

9 years ago

Donald Trump Data Pilfered After Democrat Hack By Russians

Democrat computer hacked by Russian intelligence agencies and lifted opposition data on 'The Donald'

9 years ago

Twitter Resets Passwords But Denies Server Hack Took Place

Twitter rests passwords implicated in data breach, but says details were stolen by various means - not by an attack…

9 years ago