Flaw on Equifax system was exposed over 6 months ago
As UK consumers face a wall of silence about whether their information has been compromised in last week’s data breach…
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44m Brits could be affected by Equifax US data breach
The fall-out over the Equifax US data breach has triggered an investigation by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office amid new…
Equifax rocked as mega hack exposes 143m consumers
Equifax has admitted that UK consumers have been affected by a massive hack attack on its US systems, which has…
Millions of Instagram users hit by major hack attack
Millions of Instagram users have been warned that their personal data – including mobile numbers and email addresses – could…
Data breach at games giant CeX hits 2m customers
Second-hand technology, computing and video games dealership CeX, which runs more than 350 retail outlets in the UK as well…
TalkTalk fined £100,000 over India call centre failings
TalkTalk’s shoddy approach to data governance has been exposed once again after the Information Commissioner’s Office hit the firm with…
Rehab camps to turn hackers into cybersecurity experts
The National Crime Agency is taking a novel approach to bridging the UK’s cybersecurity skills shortage with plans to turn…
Data breaches ‘hit shares, sales and growth for years’
As Reckitt Benkiser and TNT become the latest high profile brands to admit last month’s NotPetya ransomware attack is still…
Ashley Madison offers $11.2m to clean up messy breach
Married cheaters who were left red-faced, as well as battered and bruised financially, by the 2015 data breach of extra-marital…
AA in dock for not disclosing breach of customer data
The Automobile Association has come under fire for failing to disclose a major data breach which hit the AA Shop…