Uber hackers face jail after admitting to 2016 attack
Two hackers are facing the prospect of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty…
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Equifax faces £100m data breach pay-out claim in UK
Equifax’s 2017 data breach – which affected an estimated 15 million UK customers – has come back to bite the…
ICO website under siege from 40 online threats a day
The Information Commissioner’s Office website – the only official resource for tens of thousands of companies looking for advice on…
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…
Capital One admits mass attack as cocky hacker is held
Capital One has become the latest high profile brand to suffer a mass data breach, although the credit card giant…
$700m fine hikes Equifax data breach bill to over $2bn
The cost of the 2017 Equifax data breach is set to go up by another $700m (£562m) following a settlement…
UK firms battered by one hack attack every 50 seconds
As British Airways and Marriott International chiefs prepare to defend themselves against record GDPR fines, the full scale of the…
Now Marriott takes a £99m battering for GDPR failings
Proof that GDPR fines are like London buses – you wait ages for one to arrive and then two come…
Gnashing watchdog to fuel rise in breach over-reporting
The data watchdog has been warned that its latest attempt to prove that its GDPR enforcement teeth are razor sharp…
ICO shows ‘staggering’ lack of judgement over BA case
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been slated for its handling of the British Airways data breach investigation, amid claims it…