VTech Data Breach, Another High-Profile Breach Occurs
1 December 2015 The Toy maker VTech has suffered an extremely large data breach, occurring on 14 November, making it one of the largest consumer…
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Dropbox Hacked Again, Compromising Millions of Users Personal Data
Millions (nearing 7 million) Dropbox accounts have been hacked and hundreds of passwords have been leaked on an anonymous information sharing site Pastebin. Dropbox have…
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Data Breach at Isle of Scilly Council Highlights the Need for Encryption
The ICO have uncovered that the data protection policies at the Council of the Isle of Scilly are not adequate. Two breaches have recently occurred…
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The NSA hack the email account of the Mexican President
20 October 2013 The NSA of the United States has gained insight in the policy-making and political systems of Mexico through successfully gaining access to…
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Glasgow City Council receives penalty of £150,000
7 June 2013 20 143 individuals information has been compromised following the loss of two laptops containing unencrypted information belonging to Glasgow City Council. The…
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GP practice receives warning after patients’ details are compromised following email attack
26 April 2013 A GP practice, Burnett, in County Armagh has been using a free web-based email account to inform patients of upcoming appointments and…
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The former US President’s, George H. W. Bush, emails have been hacked.
The US media have reported that the former US President, George H. W. Bush, has had his personal emails as well as photographs stolen by…
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited is fined £250 000 by the ICO following a data security breach.
24 January 2013 Millions of customer’s personal details have been compromised following the hacking of the Sony Playstation Network Platform in April 2011. Personal details…
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Greater Manchester Police Force fined by the ICO for data breach
17 October 2012 The ICO imposed a monetary penalty of £150000 after an investigation into a data breach at Greater Manchester Police Force. The Force…
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Dropbox hacked placing user information at risk
July/August 2012 Dropbox have confirmed that user accounts have been hacked. Users realised something was wrong when they began receiving spam mail through email accounts…