December 8, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
Customer information from more than 130,000 users of the Three mobile network has been compromised in a cyber security breach, the mobile operator has said. Three boss Dave Dyson said in a statement that all affected customers were being contacted individually and that while personal information had been accessed, no financial information had been compromised. […]
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How the ICO will be supporting the implementation of the GDPR
December 9, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
Article by Elizabeth Denham, ICO’s Information Commissioner, on 31st October 2016: The government has now confirmed that the UK will be implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Secretary of State Karen Bradley MP used her appearance before the Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee to say: “We will be members of the EU […]
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‘Tesco Bank’s major vulnerability is its ownership by Tesco,’ claims ex-employee
December 9, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
Links to supermarket’s systems may have exposed vulnerability…. A former techie at the UK’s Tesco Bank reckons the recent high-profile breach may be down to security shortcomings at the bank’s parent supermarket. Earlier this month Tesco Bank admitted that an estimated £2.5m had been stolen from 9,000 customer accounts in the biggest cyber-heist of its […]
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Personal details of thousands of Precise customers at risk after burglary
December 9, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
Some 14,000 customers of Precise Mortgages could be at risk of identity fraud after personal details were stolen from an administrative office at the lender’s site in Wolverhampton. Customers of Precise were written to after a break-in took place and physical hardware was stolen on 7 October. Around 11,000 savings customers with the lender’s sister […]
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130,000 customers hit by Three mobile data breach
December 8, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
Customer information from more than 130,000 users of the Three mobile network has been compromised in a cyber security breach, the mobile operator has said. Three boss Dave Dyson said in a statement that all affected customers were being contacted individually and that while personal information had been accessed, no financial information had been compromised. […]
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JMS Secure Data’s New Best Practice Guide
October 21, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
Our newly improved Best Practice Guide has now been produced. This includes important information about the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will take effect from May 2018. All regulated companies will be expected to follow this new law change to avoid reputational damage and hefty fines from the ICO. We have given advice […]
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Yahoo’s massive data breach could see US firm Verizon walk away from acquiring the online giant
October 13, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
Since Yahoo’s confirmed breach of 500 million credentials, US Telecom’s firm Verizon who were originally in the process of acquiring Yahoo says now it could have a ‘material’ impact on its deal to buy the internet firm after agreeing to purchase the main parts of the business in July for $4.8bn (£4bn). Verizon could seek […]
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TalkTalk fined a record £400,000 for security failings which allowed 156,000 customers’ data to be accessed ‘with ease’
October 13, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
TalkTalk has been fined a record £400,000 for security failings over a cyber attack which allowed customer data to be accessed ‘with ease’, a watchdog announced. The Information Commissioner’s Office said the attack last October could have been prevented if TalkTalk had taken basic steps to protect customers’ information. Personal data of 156,959 customers including […]
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Phishing Attacks & How to Defend Against Them
October 13, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
“91% of attacks start with a phish, and close to 100% of those use email as the main way to get into your organisation.” These were the words of Mimecast’s director product marketing Dan Sloshberg speaking at IP EXPO Europe in London two weeks ago, where he explored the anatomy of successful phishing attacks and […]
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Dropbox hack leads to leaking of 68 million user passwords on the internet
September 6, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
Popular cloud storage firm Dropbox has been hacked, with over 68m users’ email addresses and passwords leaking on to the internet. The attack took place during 2012. At the time Dropbox reported a collection of user’s email addresses had been stolen. It did not report that passwords had been stolen as well. The dump of […]
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3 of the largest penalties issued by the ICO in the last year
August 17, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments
Organisations within the UK are required to comply with the DPA (Data Protection Act) or face fines from the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office). To date, the ICO has issued penalties to organisations amounting to more than £6million because of their poor information security practices. Here are the top 3 fines issued by the ICO within […]
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