ICO Issues £500,000 Fine to Facebook for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine of £500,000 to Facebook for the the data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. On 25 October, the ICO confirmed it had issued the fine after notifying Facebook of its intention b… Continue reading ICO Issues £500,000 Fine to Facebook for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

Heathrow Airport Fined £120,000 Following Data Security Incident

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a fine of £120,000 to Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) following a data security incident that occurred in 2017. On 8 October, ICO announced the penalty under section 55A of the 1998 Data… Continue reading Heathrow Airport Fined £120,000 Following Data Security Incident

Heathrow Airport escapes hefty GDPR fine; gets only £120,000 (under 1998 DPA) for 2017 privacy breach incident

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) £120,000 for failing to ensure that the personal data on its network was properly secured. The circumstances that led to the fine circulated widely in the medi… Continue reading Heathrow Airport escapes hefty GDPR fine; gets only £120,000 (under 1998 DPA) for 2017 privacy breach incident

Cyber Security Roundup for September 2018

September 2018 started with a data breach bang, with British Airways disclosing a significant hack and data loss. 380,000 of the airlines’ website and mobile app customers had their debit and credit card details lifted via a maliciously injected s… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for September 2018

GovPayNow.com, AmazonBasics, and FBI – Paul’s Security Weekly #576

Senate can’t protect senators staff from Cyber Attacks, Equifax fined by ICO over data breach that hit Britons, US Military given the power to hack back and defend forward,and AmazonBasics Microwave works with Alexa! Larry’s Stories govpayn… Continue reading GovPayNow.com, AmazonBasics, and FBI – Paul’s Security Weekly #576

Equifax fined £500,000 for ginormous 2017 breach

More than a year after hackers breached credit reporting agency Equifax to steal 146 million customer records, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued the company with a £500,000 fine – a small penalty for a such a mo… Continue reading Equifax fined £500,000 for ginormous 2017 breach

ICO to Fine Equifax £500,000 for 2017 Data Breach

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of the United Kingdom announced it will fine Equifax £500,000 for a data breach that occurred in 2017. In a monetary penalty notice filed on 19 September, the ICO revealed its decision to impose th… Continue reading ICO to Fine Equifax £500,000 for 2017 Data Breach

ICO Receiving 500 Breach-Related Calls a Week Since GDPR Took Effect

The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been receiving 500 calls pertaining to data breaches since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect. Speaking before hundreds of senior… Continue reading ICO Receiving 500 Breach-Related Calls a Week Since GDPR Took Effect

9/4/18 – Dtex, Insider Threat, Privacy News: Dtex Announces Record Year, Adds New CFO and NSA Veteran to Team, Human Error Drives UK Data Breach Increase

Increasing insider threat rates that include incidents caused by malicious actors and negligent humans drove demand for user behavior intelligence during our fiscal 2018 year, which lead to a record-setting 12 month period for the company. With 321 per… Continue reading 9/4/18 – Dtex, Insider Threat, Privacy News: Dtex Announces Record Year, Adds New CFO and NSA Veteran to Team, Human Error Drives UK Data Breach Increase