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Infosec: Information Commissioner Denies Private Sector ‘Pussyfooting’

The commissioner tells TechWeekEurope there is no bias towards the private sector, despite figures that would suggest otherwise

13 years ago

London Marathon Faces ICO Investigation

Marathon organisers posted runners' details on official website

13 years ago

Businesses Confidence In Data Security At Low Ebb

A new survey has revealed a chronic lack of confidence among businesses about their data protection

13 years ago

Hacker Exposes Three Million Iranian Bank Account Details

Iranian man posts debit and credit card details on his blog to highlight security vulnerabilities

13 years ago

Toshiba in Competition Data Breach

Toshiba's website fail leads to user info leaking and a breach of the Data Protection Act

13 years ago

GE Healthcare Admits Sending NHS Patient Data To US

NHS IT Provider says 600,000 patients have no need to worry

13 years ago

Eastern European Hackers Blamed For Utah Medicaid Data Breach

Hackers are thought to have taken 24,000 sensitive files from the Utah Health Department

13 years ago

MasterCard And Visa Warn Banks Of Credit Card Data Breach

Sources say that more than 10 million credit card numbers may be compromised

13 years ago

ICO Sony Data Breach Decision Coming in Six Weeks

The deputy Informatino Commissioner reveals a decision on last year's Sony breach is imminent

13 years ago

UK Data Breach Cost Drops To £1.75 Million

Ponemon research shows businesses are getting better at preparing for breaches

13 years ago

ICO Raps Scottish Charity For USB Data Breach

A Scottish charity is told off after one of its workers is robbed of two unencrypted USB sticks.

13 years ago

Small To Medium Businesses Carry Higher Risk Of Data Breaches

A new report from Ponemon has said that there is a higher risk of data breaches among small businesses

13 years ago

ICO Slaps Cheshire East Council With £80,000 Fine

The Information Commissioner has fined Cheshire East council £80,000 for not properly protecting personal data

13 years ago

Motorola Admits Selling Xoom Tablets With User Data

Motorola has admitted a data breach incident after it accidentally resold 100 Xoom tablets containing user data

13 years ago

Report Reveals VeriSign Was Repeatedly Hacked In 2010

Quarterly report from last November reveals that the network infrastructure provider was hacked and had data stolen multiple times in…

13 years ago

Met Police Alerts ICO After It Shares 1,000 Victims’ Email Adresses

The Metropolitan Police apologises after it sends 1,136 emails while sending out a survey

13 years ago

Taxpayers Alliance Calls For Personal Liability For Data Breaches

The Taxpayers' Alliance says p[ublic sector data loss fines should be paid by individuals, not tax payers - others sidagree

13 years ago

NHS Trust Will Appeal Against ICO Penalty

The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust will appeal if fined £375,000 by ICO

13 years ago

The Cattle Group Loses Data Of 1.4 Million Clients

The Cattle Group reports loss of backup tape containing personal and financial data on clients

13 years ago

Anonymous Outs Neo-Nazi Site Members

Anonymous Germany has launched a website to out neo-nazi site members as part of operation blitzkrieg

13 years ago

Imperva: New Hacker Tools Crack Hashed Passwords

New tools such as code dictionaries and rainbow tables are helping crooks to crack systems, according to Imperva

13 years ago

HP: Firms Fail To Manage Sensitive Data Access

Organisations should pay more attention to employees' levels of access to sensitive data, says HP

13 years ago

132 Councils Named And Shamed For Data Loss

Local authorities still flagrantly disregard data protection laws in over 1,000 cases of negligent data loss

13 years ago

Anonymous Implicated In Finnish Web Hacks

Neo-Nazi politicians were exposed in Finland - but was Anonymous really responsible?

13 years ago

ICO Slams Rochdale For Data Loss

Rochdale Council lost 18,000 residents’ data on unencrypted USB stick, the ICO said

13 years ago

NHS Loses 800 Patient Records On Unencrypted USB

The Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust lost the records of 800 patients and did not inform them

13 years ago

ICO Censures Manchester Hospital For Data Breach

A Manchester hospital has lost information about patient treatments in the latest NHS data breach scandal

13 years ago

ICO Censures Lancashire Police For Data Breach

Lancashire Police, formerly the haunt of ex-Met boss Paul Stephenson, has been cited for breaching the DPA

13 years ago

EU’s Lawmakers Seek Enterprise Input On Data Laws

The European Commission has thrown open the debate on refinements to laws on reporting data breaches

14 years ago

Health Department Lost Hundreds Of Laptops

More than 250 laptops have gone missing from the DoH over the last 10 years - many of them unencrypted

14 years ago