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…
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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…
Porn site blackmailer gets banged up for over 6 years
A man who blackmailed porn site users into coughing up hundreds of pounds to unlock their screens in what police…
Hiscox pay-out row triggers cyber insurance warning
Businesses are being urged to study the small print of their cyber insurance policies after reports that leading provider Hiscox…
Half of UK firms would pay ransom to avoid GDPR fine
Nearly half of all UK tech bosses are prepared to “do an Uber” and pay a ransom fee to hackers…
Uber hires two privacy chiefs in wake of mass breach
Uber is attempting to beef up its its data protection credentials following November’s mass data breach which affected over 64…
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…
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…
Uber faces long arm of the law over 64m data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned Uber that it could be facing a massive fine after the firm admitted it…