1,000 hack attacks hit UK but ‘it’s only tip of iceberg’
More than 1,000 cyber attacks have been launched against computer systems in the UK over the past year – with…
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Charities ‘left in the dark’ over cyber attack devastation
The Government is urging charities to up their game when it comes to cyber security, following new research which reveals…
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…
Red faces at AA as email gaffe triggers hacking panic
The Automobile Association has been forced to reassure customers that their data is safe after accidentally sending out a “password…
New warning as basic data security failure fuels ICO fine
As the fall-out from the latest ransomware attack continues, small and medium sized businesses have been warned to ensure they…
Europe faces shortage of 350,000 cyber security chiefs
The digital and data skills crisis might be getting all the headlines but according to a new study it is…
Data security chiefs pay soars to €1m as GDPR looms
Soaring concerns over data security have pushed up the salaries of chief information security officers at top European firms to…
Online security giant spanked over child sexting TV ad
Internet security giant Kaspersky Lab has been censured over a TV ad which suggested to children that sexting was normal –…
ICO attempts to calm storm over new risk to NHS data
The data regulator has intervened in the row over a system which is designed to make the NHS paperless by…