ICO fines British Airways £20m for data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details […]
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Five Eyes governments, India, and Japan make new call for encryption backdoors
Members of the intelligence-sharing alliance Five Eyes, along with government representatives for Japan and India, have published a statement over […]
France’s Health Data Hub to move to European cloud infrastructure to avoid EU-US data transfers
France’s data regulator CNIL has issued some recommendations for French services that handle health data, as Mediapart first reported. Those […]
Commission presses Zoom for security assurances but continues to use platform
The European Commission is looking for further assurances from US video conferencing platform Zoom regarding the security of its technology, […]
The UK’s Department for Education ‘failed to protect children’s data’
A National Pupil Database held by the UK’s Department of Education had ‘no formal proactive oversight’ to protect children’s data, […]
Making or Facilitating Ransomware Payments May Violate U.S. Sanctions
On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published an advisory that highlights the […]
FBI warns of risks of using wireless hotel networks
Wi-Fi networks in hotels typically favor guest convenience over strong security practices, says the FBI. As the coronavirus pandemic and […]
The EU’s Timetable for Dismantling End-to-End Encryption
Lobbying of “lawful access” to end-to-end encrypted services has moved from the U.S. to the European Union—where advocates for anti-encryption […]
Half of All Organizations Experienced Cyber Security Incidents During the Remote Working Period
Study showed that 75% of IT decision-makers believed hybrid or remote working to be the future of the workplace, and […]
Half of Organizations Experienced Security Incidents While Working Remotely
As businesses try to deliver a seamless hybrid experience of work from home and office, Tessian’s Securing the Future of […]
UK intelligence data ‘would be deleted’ in event of no-deal Brexit
British intelligence about terrorists and other serious criminals would have to be deleted from EU systems if the Brexit trade […]
Fake GDPR Compliance Reminders Being Shared by Phishers
A new phishing attack has been identified where cybercriminals are sharing a fake GDPR compliance reminder in a bid to […]