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A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, October 2020.
London’s Hackney Borough Council has been tight-lipped about “a serious cyber-attack” which… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for November 2020
Marriott International has been fined £18.4 million (US $23.8 million) for its failure to adequately protect the personal records 339 million guests.
The fine, imposed by UK data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is a massive 8… Continue reading Marriott data breach fine slashed to £18.4 million by UK regulator
British Airways has been fined £20 million (US $26 million) following a data breach which saw its systems hacked and the personal and payment card information of 400,000 customers stolen.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Having saved credit card details in plaintext since 2015, British Airways is fined £20 million
Anti-virus veteran John McAfee has been arrested in Spain on US tax evasion charges.
According to the US Department of Justice, McAfee is charged with failing to file tax returns despite making millions of dollars promoting cryptocurrencies. Continue reading John McAfee arrested on US tax evasion charges
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, May 2020.
EasyJet’s disclosure of a “highly sophisticated cyber-attack”, which occurred in January 2020, … Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for June 2020
The latest report from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), reveals a steady drop in data security incidents between January and March 2020. When comparing the first quarter of 2020 to the same period of 2019, the security inci… Continue reading As UK Data Breach Reports Drop, Britain’s Privacy Watchdog Reveals Surge in Other Cyber Incidents
British low-cost airline group EasyJet has revealed on Tuesday that it “has been the target of an attack from a highly sophisticated source” and that it has suffered a data breach. The result? Email address and travel details of approximate… Continue reading EasyJet data breach: 9 million customers affected
Hackers stole sensitive details on 100,000 people from an outsourcing company named Interserve, but the attackers are unknown and the company offered no additional information. News of the intrusion surfaced a couple of days ago, and it looks like a lo… Continue reading Interserve Hit by Data Breach; 100,000 Employee Records Stolen
The ICO found a “catalog of errors,” including backups without passwords, unpatched servers, no-longer-supported OSes and feeble anti-virus. Continue reading Cathay Pacific fined over crooks slurping its database for over 4 years
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2020.
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council became the latest UK organisation to become the victi… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for March 2020