Personal data of 9.4 million Cathay Pacific passengers breached
Hong Kong based international airline, Cathay Pacific, that serves flights around the world announced a data breach which exposed the personal information of 9.4 million…
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ICO fines Bupa £175,000 for failing to protect customer data from misuse
Bupa Insurance Services Limited who manages domestic and global insurance policies has been fined £175,000 under the Data Protection Act 1998 for failing to have…
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Uber to pay £113 million to settle 2016 data breach
Following the disclosure last year of the 2016 Uber data breach that Uber desperately tried to hide, Uber has agreed to pay £113 million to…
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British Airways Hacked: Aviation industry is a growing target for cybercriminals
British Airways Breach British Airways (BA) has been hacked. On Wednesday evening BA noticed some anomalies and realised that something was very wrong. After investigating…
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Accounting firms are prime targets for hackers, here’s how to protect your business
Accountancy firms of all sizes are routinely targeted by hackers. Firms hold a wide range of personal data including tax identification numbers, logins and sensitive…
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Hackers took £11 million of law firms’ money last year, here’s how to protect your business
Last year, there was a 20 per cent rise in cyber-attacks on law firms. According to figures from the National Cyber Security Centre, this saw…
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NCSC Report: Cyber threats facing UK law firms
A recent report, The Cyber Threat to UK Legal Sector, produced by the National Cyber Security Centre in direct response to a requirement from the…
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Dixons Carphone: Oops…personal records of 10 million customers actually compromised-sorry!
Since the initial disclosure of the Dixons Carphone’s 2017 breach in June, investigations have been ongoing. On Monday Dixons Carphone announced that the personal data…
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Hacked email account source of data breach at Boys Town Children’s Hospital
Omaha-based Children’s Hospital, Boys Town National Research Hospital, confirmed on July 20 that it was involved in a security incident. The personal data of 105,309…
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Singapore health system hack affects personal data of 1.5 million
Singapore is battling yet another government targeted cyber attack. It’s not the first to hit the Singapore government, a previous attack on the defence ministry…