FCA sends out chilling warning with Tesco Bank action
The Financial Conduct Authority has sent out a chilling warning to Equifax, British Airways and TSB that it plans to…
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Equifax first to be hit with maximum £500k data fine
The UK division of Equifax has become the first ever company to be fined the maximum £500,000 for breaking data…
British Airways grovels as 380,000 hit by data breach
British Airways has been forced to issue a grovelling apology – and has rushed out full-page press ads in today’s…
Human error to blame for 88% of data breaches in UK
Companies living in fear of a data breach need to look closer to home after new research shows that 88%…
Regulator dismisses foul play as outage continues
As the Information Commissioner’s Office website outage enters its second day, the regulator has dismissed fears of foul play by…
ICO website collapse sparks fears of mass DDoS attack
The Information Commissioner’s Office website has collapsed, triggering fears that the site may be under siege from a so-called distributed denial of…
Superdrug has bad hair day as online data goes AWOL
Superdrug has become the latest high-profile brand to be hit by a major data breach, with hackers claiming to have…
Dixons Carphone fesses up that 10m were hit by breach
Dixons Carphone has been forced to admit that the mass data breach – which it claimed took place last year…
Equifax tries to kill off ‘far fetched’ data breach claims
Equifax has attempted to kick out the mass lawsuits taken out against the firm following last year’s data breach by…
ICO takes no prisoners as complaints and fines rocket
The Information Commissioner’s Office has suggested it will leave no stone unturned in its fight against those companies which persist in flouting…