Wakey, wakey: Data breaches cost UK firms £4bn a year
Data breaches may now be so common that they are in danger of being dismissed but a new study should…
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ICO forced to slash fine for DSG after losing appeal
The Information Commissioner’s Office has suffered a significant defeat in the UK courts after being forced to slash its fine…
Under siege: Marketers’ favourite password is ‘123456’
The media and marketing industry is one of the most breached sectors in the world, and even the most senior…
Adtech war goes global with ‘staggering’ breach exposé
Privacy campaigners’ war on real-time bidding – the engine room of the adtech industry – has been ratcheted up to…
42 million finance records lost in ransomware tsunami
UK companies have been hit by a tidal wave of ransomware attacks over the past 12 months, with more than 42…
Emma Sleep customers in data breach rude awakening
Customers of bed and mattress specialist Emma Sleep UK might not be getting much shut-eye in the days and weeks ahead after the…
UK firms urged to act after major rise in online attacks
British organisations are being urged to boost their cyber standards following official data which reveals a surge in online attacks,…
ICO slated for ‘industrial scale’ internal data cock-ups
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been accused of presiding over “industrial scale” data cock-ups, with a new report revealing that,…
Ticketmaster settles breach payout but denies liability
Ticketmaster has finally caved in to legal action over its 2018 data breach, coughing up compensation to more than a…
Firms rocked by barrage of ‘weaponised’ data requests
Fears that GDPR would trigger a mass bombardment of data subject access requests (DSARs) appear to have been realised, with…