66,000 at risk as payday loans firm admits data breach
Payday loan company Trusted Quid is not exactly living up to its name after becoming the latest firm to fess…
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Former Equifax tech chief charged with insider trading
The fall out from the Equifax data breach continues to crash down on the company after a former executive has…
Equifax could face final bill of $600m for data breach
Equifax’s disastrous 2017 data breach – which affected up to 185 million accounts in the US, Canada and the UK…
Cyber security expert jailed for running hacker test site
A cyber security wizard who shunned the chance to earn big bucks in the corporate world to set up his…
Hiscox uses realtime attacks to push cyber insurance
Specialist insurer Hiscox is using realtime cyber attacks in the creative for its latest advertising campaign as part of a…
ICO site targeted in mass cryptocurrency hack attack
The Information Commissioner’s Office is among more than 5,000 organisations which have had their websites hacked in a bid to…
Firms warned over new wave of nefarious cyber attacks
Data security chiefs will be earning their money this year after the head of the National Cyber Security Centre warned…
Carphone Warehouse rocked by £400,000 ICO data fine
Carphone Warehouse has been slapped with a £400,000 fine – one of the largest issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office…
25 million UK adults in the dark over theft of their data
Nearly 34 million UK adults have been victims of data breaches over the past two years, yet over 25 million…
Third of UK firms say they will cough up for ransomware
Nearly a third of UK organisations admit they would be willing to pay up for a ransomware attack, with businesses…