Facebook staff rocked as HR data is snatched from car
Facebook’s insistence that user data is safe as houses does not appear to stretch to its own staff after the…
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‘Dopey’ Disney+ urged to tighten up online data security
Disney has been accused of putting Snow White’s pal Dopey in charge of the security of its new streaming service…
Data theft ‘fence’ ordered to pay £109,000 to Aviva
Aviva’s drive to crack down on illegally obtained data in the claims industry is not entirely for the “greater good”,…
Give us greater powers to confiscate assets, urges ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office wants to beef up its legal and investigative powers to carry out search and seizure warrants,…
Aviva steps up war on black market for accident data
Finance giant Aviva is calling for a change in the law to force personal injury claims solicitors to declare where…
Jailed millionaire data thief is forced to pay back the lot
A man who was jailed for stealing financial data on tens of thousands of people through a sustained campaign of…
Teen ‘hacker-for-hire’ slapped with 20-month jail term
A teenager from Norwich has been banged up for 20 months after offering his services as a “hacker-for-hire” and supplying…
Jailed car crash data thief ordered to pay back £25,500
A former employee of Nationwide Accident Repair Services, who was banged up in jail for six months in November 2018…
Uproar as data rogue pays back £1 despite £1.4m haul
A rogue company director, who trousered an estimated £1.4m fortune from flogging illegal data and who left debts of over…
Cowboy firms face fresh crackdown on ‘data farming’
Rogue businesses which engage in “data farming” have been warned to expect a knock on the door after UK authorities…