personal data

WWE Data Leak Exposes Personal Info Of Three Million Fans

Unprotected AWS server lets anyone get up close and personal with WWE customer data

7 years ago

AA Criticised For Failing To Notify Customers Of Data Breach

Personal details relating to more than 100,000 customers of the AA's online shop have been found in in the 13…

7 years ago

WannaCry Ups The Stakes For Businesses As Consumers Take Notice

Consumers now more aware of ransomware and place onus on businesses to protect their personal data

7 years ago

Accenture, Microsoft Collaborate On Blockchain-Based ID For Refugees

The two companies demonstrated a prototype that could help provide officially recognised identification for 7 million refugees worldwide

7 years ago

US Hit By Largest-Ever Voter Data Breach

A contractor for the Republican Party has accidentally exposed personal data on more than 198 million citizens

7 years ago

ICO Fines Basildon Council £150,000 For Leaking Personal Data

ICO shows no mercy on data protection as GDPR countdown continues

7 years ago

Scareware Campaign Targets iOS Users Through Rogue VPN App

Users are tricked into believing their device is infected and forced to hand over personal data

8 years ago

US ISPs Promise Not To Sell Browsing Histories Despite New Freedoms

US ISPs give privacy advocates a boost despite changes to FCC regulations

8 years ago

Whistleblowers Describe Industrial-Scale Indian TalkTalk Scam

Scammers reportedly operating at least three call centres in two Indian cities targeting TalkTalk customers

8 years ago

London & Scotland Are More Affected By Financial Cyber-Crime

One in three Londoners said they had been hit by financial computer crime

8 years ago

Home Office ‘To Integrate Surveillance Cams With Police Database’

The Law Enforcement Data Service is to include two existing police databases as well as the nationwide Automatic Number Plate…

8 years ago

Android Firmware ‘Mistakenly’ Sends User Data To China

UPDATED: The firmware sent text message contents, call data and app usage details to Shanghai, researchers found

8 years ago

Mega-Breach Exposes 412 Million AdultFriendFinder Accounts

Friend Finder Network breach includes Penthouse.com users and 'deleted' accounts

8 years ago

Cisco Admits Incorrect Security Setup Caused Job Applicant Data Leak

Privacy facepalm. Personal details of people applying for jobs at Cisco leaked from unsecure website

8 years ago

US Names Arrested Russian As Alleged LinkedIn, Dropbox Hacker

Yevigeniy Nikulin, a 29-year-old Moscow resident, allegedly conspired with two others to hack LinkedIn, Dropbox and other sites

8 years ago

Sage Confirms Customer Data Breach

The company said personal data on employees at hundreds of UK customer businesses was accessed

8 years ago

O2 Confirms Customer Data For Sale Online

Details were reportedly stolen using credentials leaked from a gaming site three years ago

8 years ago

Footwear Retailer Escapes Fine For Customer Data Breach

The ICO has given shoe retailer Office a warning over last year's security incident, but stopped short of a fine

10 years ago

Do you know how much your personal data is worth?

Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to storing and sharing your own personal data, says Jake Ronay, director of…

10 years ago

US Healthcare Provider Hacked, 4.5 Million Patient Records Stolen

Mandiant suspects the involvement of the Chinese hackers

10 years ago

When Selling Your Used Smartphone, You Could Be Selling Your Personal Data

Avast finds that used smartphones can contain information on up to four previous owners

10 years ago

Most Britons Don’t Believe Corporations Will Keep Their Data Safe

Research suggests that obscure privacy policies are damaging consumer trust

11 years ago

Host of Credit Card Data Selling Websites Shut Down

SOCA helps stop data-selling fraudsters spread in a major global operation

13 years ago

Banks Are Most Trusted With Personal Data

Only banks and building societies can take any encouragement from a survey of the British public's trust

13 years ago

ComScore Accused Of Covert Data Snooping

Two plaintiffs are suing comScore for using highly aggressive tactics to collect large amounts of user data

13 years ago

Sega Latest Victim In Hacking Spree

Lulzsec has offered to help investigate the breach, in which personal data on 1.3 million Sega Pass users was stolen

13 years ago

Miscreants Fined For Selling T-Mobile Customer Data

Two men have been fined a total of more than £70,000 for illegally selling lucrative customer data to third parties

13 years ago

Sony Restores Basic PlayStation Network Services

Sony is restoring access to services on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity, but has hit some hiccups

14 years ago

Workers Struggling With Information Overload

The sheer volume of information nowadays is making workers across the world stressed, warns a new study

14 years ago

File-Share Law Firm Exposes Personal Data

ACS:Law, known for its email campaigns against file-sharers, has inadvertently published an archive of personal data

14 years ago