Data Breaches Archive
The EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) issues administrative fines for non-compliance. The higher-tier fine is up to 4% of an organization’s global turnover or €20 million (about $24 million), whichever is greater. Although they differ in content, all 50 …
TV Licensing has assured 40,000 TV licence-paying customers whose contact and bank details were intercepted on the TV Licensing website that “the risk is low”. Really? If the risk is low, why also warn the victims that they should …
There are now two law firms putting together class action lawsuits against BA under the provisions of Article 82 of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which entitles data subjects to financial compensation for non-financial damages. If the 380,000 customers …
New cybersecurity surveys continue to point at the two main challenges faced by most smaller businesses in terms of defending against cyber attack: They don’t know where they are vulnerable; and They don’t have the skills to close down the …
According to the recent ISBS 2013 Survey, 78% of large organisations were attacked by an unauthorised outsider last year (an increase from 73% the previous year), while 63% of small organisations were similarly attacked from outside – a big increase …
Cyber security costs money – but then, so does cyber insecurity – and the problem with data breach costs is that they are usually accompanied by even more expensive business disruption and reputation damage – often when you need it …
SANS has, for years, published and maintained the Top 20 Critical Security Controls (now in version 4.1). These 20 Critical Security Controls, whose origins go back beyond 2008, were implemented by the US State Department in 2009, leading apparently to …
In a long and interesting Wired post (Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore) at the backend of last year, Matt Honan wrote about how easy it is for a hacker to crack pretty well …
Half of all firms which allow staff to bring their own device, but don’t have any firm information security policies or practices around BYOD, have suffered a security breach – according to Dell, and as reported by Out-law.com. A Dell …
Yesterday’s New York Times – and today’s Economist Online – carry extensive coverage of the recently released Mandiant Intelligence Centre Report. This report details the activities, players and modus operandus of what it claims is one of the Chinese PLA’s most prolific and effective …
