Boots suspends Advantage Card payments over attack
Boots has taken the unprecedented step of suspending payments using Advantage Card loyalty points – both instore and online –…
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Dixons Carphone appeals ICO fine for ‘systemic’ failings
The Information Commissioner’s Office is facing yet another legal challenge – and further budget busting expense – following reports that…
Travelex refuses to say if it paid up as service resumes
Lumbering foreign exchange giant Travelex insists it is ready to restore its online services, some two weeks after pulling its…
Dixons slams £500k fine but it could have been £400m
Dixons Carphone has condemned the data regulator for issuing it with a £500,000 fine – over “systemic” security failings – and…
Storm clouds gather over Travelex for hack blackout
Foreign exchange giant Travelex is facing a storm of protest over the week-long cyber-attack which has forced the business to…
Busted flush: Porn blackmail king stripped of £270,000
A man who was jailed in April for blackmailing porn site users has been forced to pay back more than…
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…
Equifax faces £100m data breach pay-out claim in UK
Equifax’s 2017 data breach – which affected an estimated 15 million UK customers – could come back to bite the data…
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…