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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, March 2020.
The UK went into lockdown in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, these are unprecedented a… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for April 2020
By Waqas
Marriott International has been hacked again and this time millions of customer data has been stolen just like in 2018.
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A security breach has exposed the personal information of more than 5 million guests that found comfort at the Marriott Bonvoy Hotel, according to an incident notification issued by Marriott yesterday. What Happened? In a statement, the company said gu… Continue reading Marriott International discloses its second security incident affecting 5.2 million guests
Marriott International has suffered a new data breach in mid-January 2020, which affected approximately 5.2 million guests. What information was compromised? According to the incident notification published on Tuesday, the attackers got into an applica… Continue reading Marriott International 2020 data breach: 5.2 million customers affected
The second breach in less than 24 months stemmed from employee account compromises. Continue reading Millions of Guests Impacted in Marriott Data Breach, Again
Marriott International on Tuesday revealed a data breach affecting an estimated 5.2 million hotel guests, the second significant security incident to hit the hospitality giant in the last 16 months. The breach exposed guests’ personal information such as names, addresses, employer, and loyalty account numbers, the company said in a statement. The login credentials of two Marriott employees were used to access guest information in activity that began in mid-January, the statement said. Marriott said it detected the compromise at the end of February and confirmed the credentials had been disabled. “[W]e currently have no reason to believe that the information involved included Marriott Bonvoy account passwords or PINs, payment card information, passport information, national IDs, or driver’s license numbers,” Marriott said. An investigation is ongoing. Hotel chains are a natural target for both criminals looking to sell guests’ personal information and spies looking to track government officials. In November […]
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The telecomms company violates the EU’s GDPR by allegedly failing to fully authenticate people phoning up to access their accounts. Continue reading Weak account checks earn company $10.5 million privacy fine
The telecomms company violates the EU’s GDPR by allegedly failing to fully authenticate people phoning up to access their accounts. Continue reading Weak account checks earn company $10.5 million privacy fine
July was a month of mega data privacy fines. The UK Information Commissioners Office (ICO) announced it intended to fine British Airways £183 million for last September’s data breach, where half a million BA customer personal records were compromi… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for July 2019
The ICO isn’t pulling its punches: The penalty for BA’s data breach is about 367 times higher than the previous record-setting fine. Continue reading GDPR superpowers lead to whopper ICO fines for BA, Marriott