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California Joins US Voter Breach Investigation

Probe begins after a database of confidential US voter information was published online

9 years ago

What Should Chief Security Officers Ask Santa For This Christmas? (Part 2)

We asked the tech industry what CSOs should ask Santa for, and we had so many great suggestions we needed…

9 years ago

Will You Have The Next Data Breach?

Charlotte Marshall from Iron Mountain offers some tips on how to protect your business from a data breach

9 years ago

Poor Cyber Security Training At NHS Places Data At Risk

Freedom of information requests reveals shocking state of cyber security awareness within the NHS

9 years ago

IT Departments Warned About Device Loss Risk At Christmas Parties

ESET says 138,000 phones and laptops are lost in bars each year - 61 percent of which aren't protected

9 years ago

JD Wetherspoon Hit By Major Cyber-Attack

Details of over 650,000 customer details stolen in hack, pub chain confirms

9 years ago

UK ISPs ‘At Risk Of Attack’ Due To Security Failings

However recent TalkTalk attack has raised company awareness of security vulnerabilities

9 years ago

Adele Fans Claiming Personal Data Breach

Those looking to buy tickets on Adele.com say they saw details of other customers when logging out

9 years ago

Hack Of Toy Maker VTech Could Include Child Data

Major breach at VTech includes data on 200,000 children and nearly five million parents

9 years ago

Police Arrest Welsh Youth For TalkTalk Hack Blackmail

Arrests just keep coming as another youngster is arrested for last month’s damaging cyberattack

9 years ago

TalkTalk Offers Free ‘Upgrades’ After £35m Cyberattack

TalkTalk says it wants to recognise the uncertainty following last month's major cyberattack and has put a figure on the…

9 years ago

TalkTalk Admits 157,000 Customer Details Were Hacked

Hack compromised the details of 'only' 157,000 customers, not four million as originally thought

9 years ago

British Workers Fear Data Theft More Than Home Intruders

Citrix survey finds privacy becoming more important to younger workers in particular

9 years ago

Marks & Spencer Website Suspended After Customer Data Breach

Not a hack! “Technical difficulties" blamed for exposing customer details to other website users

9 years ago

Fear Of Hacks Crippling Business

IT departments are struggling to get the most out of mobile technology due to fear of data breaches

9 years ago

TalkTalk: Cyberattack Not As Bad As First Feared

The number of customers affected and the amount of data potentially stolen could be less than expected says TalkTalk CEO

9 years ago

‘Significant’ TalkTalk Data Breach Could Affect Millions Of Customers

TalkTalk data breach is being investigated by police and ICO as company urges customers to be wary of potential identity…

9 years ago

Uber Accidentally Leaks Details Of Hundreds Of Drivers

Driving licence information and vehicle registration among data let out by Uber

9 years ago

Millions Of Patreon Donators Hit In Data Breach

Hackers steal 15GB of Patreon user personal details, but card information stays protected

9 years ago

Experian Blamed After 15m T-Mobile Customer Details Are Stolen

Boss of T-Mobile US “incredibly angry” after 15 million customer details stolen from Experian server

9 years ago

IT Security Spending To Reach £50bn, But Human Error Is Still Main Cause Of Data Loss

Spending on security set to grow, but pesky humans still main reason for data losses in organisations

9 years ago

More Than Five Million Fingerprints Stolen In US Government Hack

Office of Personnel Management hack stole over five million fingerprint records of US government staff

9 years ago

A Global Data Breach Notification – How Long Should You Wait?

Absolute's Stephen Midgley tells us how businesses can cope best when dealing with a data breach

9 years ago

Lloyds Customer Data Stolen From Insurance Firm RSA

Lloyds admits theft after customer data left on a storage device was taken

9 years ago

Most Data Breaches Are Result Of Identity Theft

Identity theft takes top spot in breach study, accounting for 53 percent of data breaches

9 years ago

Mozilla Blames Bugzilla Hack For Firefox Attack

Bug reporting system compromised by hackers and used to attack on Firefox users, Mozilla admits

9 years ago

WHSmith Blames ‘Administrative Error’ For Privacy Mishap

British newsagent denies data breach after customer information is reportedly emailed to its entire mailing list

9 years ago

Federal Staff ‘Still Not Notified’ Months After OPM Hack

US government still not notified staff of personal data compromise, months after the OPM hack

9 years ago

Hundreds Of Holidaymakers Hit By Thomson Data Beach

Holiday firm confirms personal details of 458 customers were leaked in an email

9 years ago

Local Councils Cannot ‘Guarantee’ Your Personal Data Is Safe

Report from privacy campaigners at Big Brother Watch show there were 4,236 data breach incidents between 2011 and 2014 in…

9 years ago