cybersecurity

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November 9, 2020

Company forced to change name that could be used to hack websites

Software firm’s director thought name using HTML would be ‘fun and playful’. But Companies House has forced a company to change […]

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November 5, 2020

Folksam data breach leaks info of 1M Swedes to Google, Facebook, more

Folksam, one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden, today disclosed a data breach affecting around 1 million Swedes after […]

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November 5, 2020

23,600 hacked databases have leaked from a defunct ‘data breach index’ site

Site archive of Cit0day.in has now leaked on two hacking forums after the service shut down in September. Cit0day operated […]

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November 5, 2020

Privacy Shield Is Gone. So What Now?

With companies no longer able to rely on Privacy Shield for protection, companies have two main options available to them: […]

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November 3, 2020

More GDPR applied in the UK than in Italy & France Combined

A report released by BuyShares has revealed that the United Kingdom tops for the imposition of data breach penalties with […]

October 31, 2020

Marriott International fined £18.4m for 2014 data breach

The UK data regulator has issued Marriott International with a watered-down £18.4 million fine for a data breach that affected […]

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October 30, 2020

Insider data breaches set to increase due to remote work shift

A third (33%) of all data breach incidents in 2021 are expected to be caused by insiders, according to the […]

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October 30, 2020

Experian vows to drag UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office to court after being told off for data-slurping practices

Experian has been rapped over the knuckles by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it discovered the credit reference […]

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October 30, 2020

European Parliament’s COVID website overrun with US web trackers

The European Parliament’s coronavirus test management website is overrun with user tracking requests, some of which are attempting to siphon […]

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October 29, 2020

Game Trains Police To Get Facebook Data Fast

Many investigators don’t know how to request help from the likes of Facebook, Apple and Google at speed when an […]

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October 28, 2020

A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients’ Therapy Notes

An extortionist has turned a breach of Finland’s Vastaamo mental health services provider into a nightmare for victims. It seems […]

October 27, 2020

Consumer Reports Study Finds Marketplace Demand for Privacy and Security

American consumers are increasingly concerned about privacy and data security when purchasing new products and services, which may be a […]

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cybersecurity

Company forced to change name that could be used to hack websites

Folksam data breach leaks info of 1M Swedes to Google, Facebook, more

23,600 hacked databases have leaked from a defunct ‘data breach index’ site

Privacy Shield Is Gone. So What Now?

Marriott International fined £18.4m for 2014 data breach

Insider data breaches set to increase due to remote work shift

Experian vows to drag UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office to court after being told off for data-slurping practices

European Parliament’s COVID website overrun with US web trackers

Game Trains Police To Get Facebook Data Fast

A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients’ Therapy Notes

Consumer Reports Study Finds Marketplace Demand for Privacy and Security

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