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British Airways Hack ‘Compromises’ Customers’ Financial Details
The incident involved the theft of payment card details over a period of two weeks at the height of the summer season
Apple Network Hacked By Australian Teenager
Trouble from the land down under for iPhone maker, as Aussie fanboy breaks into Apple's main network
Singapore Health Hack Carried Out By State-linked Group
Government says hack of Singapore health records has the hallmarks of a state-linked group
Timehop Admits Data Theft Of 21 Million Users
Nostalgia app Timehop admits “unauthorised access” of the data of 21 million users held in the cloud
Apple Denies Researcher’s Claim Of Passcode Hack
Sorry FBI, no easy way into iPhones after brute force hack of passcode is dismissed by Apple
NHS Fixes Defaced Data Website
The defaced NHS England page had been displaying a hacker message for several days
Ikea’s TaskRabbit Admits Cyber Incident
Another day, another breach. 'Cybersecurity incident' reported at Ikea's TaskRabbit odd jobs marketplace
IoT Smart Devices Easy To Hack, Researchers Warn
A simple Google search can show how to hack IoT devices such as baby monitors, web cameras, doorbells, and thermostats
ICO Investigates Gwent Police Over Data Breach
Data protection act violation? Welsh police force may be in trouble after it fails to notify people of potential data breach
Chinese Hackers Target UK Think Tanks
British think tanks are being repeatedly target by Chinese hacking groups, Crowdstrike warns
Two Romanians Arrested For US Police CCTV Hack
Two Romanians charged with hacking Washington DC police computers as part of ransomware campaign
John McAfee Defiant After Twitter Account Hack
Colourful former security tycoon says his Twitter account was hacked to promote lesser-known crypto-currencies
Certain Sonos, Bose Speakers Vulnerable To Hack
Did Santa deliver you a Sonos or Bose smart speaker? Better check hackers have not compromised it
Uber Used Bug Bounty Cash To Pay Hacker To Keep Quiet – Report
Taxi service could be back on the naughty step amid allegations it used bug bounty cash as hush money
NiceHash Admits It Was Hacked Amid Fears It Lost $70m In Bitcoin
Bitcoin mining marketplace NiceHash admits devastating hack, which some estimates say could have cost it nearly $70m
Uber Admits 2.7m UK Users Had Data Stolen In Hack
Uber tells ICO that 2016 hack saw names, numbers and email addresses stolen
‘Concerned’ UK Regulators Look Into Uber’s Hidden Data Breach
ICO and NCSC are looking into the scale of the Uber hack before they take next steps
Uber ‘Hid’ Hack That Saw 58m Users And Drivers’ Data Stolen
New Uber CEO comes clean about 2016 hack, claiming data was destroyed and new measures implemented. But can users and drivers be sure?
Equifax Was Warned Months Before Attack, Researcher Claims
Oh dear. Firm was apparently warned about website vulnerability, months before devastating data breach
Hyatt Hotels Suffers Another Card Breach
Not again. Second data breach in two years as hotel chain admits hackers 'checked out' with payment card data
Equifax Denies It Suffered Fresh Cyber Attack
Nothing to see here. Troubled firm denies it has been attacked again as it removes web page after malware issue
F35 Fighter Data Stolen In Hack On Australian Contractor
30GB of data on next generation joint strike fighter jet stolen in damaging hacking operation down under
Equifax Data Breach: Investigation Shows 15.2m UK Records Targeted
Equifax will contact 694,000 UK customers at high risk following huge data breach last month
Russian Hackers ‘Used Antivirus Software’ To Steal NSA Data
Kaspersky rejects claims it was directly involved and asks why didn't the NSA report the alleged flaw
Yahoo Admits 2013 Data Breach Impacted All 3 Billion Accounts
Yahoo now admits that devastating data breach compromised accounts that nearly equal half of the world's population
Whole Foods Admits Data Breach
Amazon owned supermarket admits that a number of its stores have suffered a credit card data breach
Deloitte Data Breach Exposes Some Client Emails
Deloitte is conducting an internal review to see how breach happened in March, but says just a fraction of emails are impacted
Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Data Of 143 Million People
Shares plunge in credit reporting firm after massive data breach of the personal data of half the US population
WikiLeaks Hacked By Saudi-Based OurMine
OurMine group claims Wikileaks 'hack' after it managed to poison its DNS web address