Russia’s Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: ‘Largest Data Breach In Its History’
Hackers successfully targeted Russia’s state security agency last week through a major contractor, stealing and publishing details 7.5 terabytes of […]
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Former motor industry worker ordered to pay £25,500 from proceeds of data theft
A motor industry employee who was sentenced to six months in prison in November 2018 for accessing personal data without […]
Whistleblower data breach reports almost triple after GDPR crackdown
Whistleblower reports over data breaches have almost tripled over the past year since the introduction of GDPR. Reports from whistleblowers […]
Google is investigating the source of voice data leak
Google has responded to a report this week from Belgian public broadcaster VRT NWS, which revealed that contractors were given access to Google Assistant […]
ICO intends to fine Marriott International, Inc more than £99m for data breach
Marriott International has received a notification from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of its intention to fine the company £99,200,396. […]
ICO intends to fine British Airways £183m for data breach
British Airways could face a fine of £183 million as a result of a data breach that was disclosed by […]
Romanian DPA fines UniCredit €130,000 for data protection by design failures
The National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (‘ANSPDCP’) announced, on 4 July 2019, that it had fined UniCredit Bank […]
Human error still the major cause of data breaches
More than half of all executives (53%) and nearly three in 10 Small Business Owners (28%) who suffered a breach, […]
Users must receive specific and helpful information in case of a data breach
No generic information may be provided to users in case of a data breach, whilst specific guidance must be made […]
Hackers are stealing personal medical data to impersonate your doctor
While personally identifiable information — full names, social security numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, credit card numbers — can […]
Vulnerability versus incident
The news is filled with stories nearly every day of things going awry in technical systems: security, privacy, abuse, ethics […]
Employees are almost as dangerous to business security as hackers and cybercriminals
Non-malicious insiders are among the top three threat actors, according to an ISACA report. Employee mistakes and system errors are […]