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NewsEight US companies fined for cyber security failings
The United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has levied fines totalling $750,000 (€636,000) on eight broker-dealers and/or investment advisors after personally identifying information of around 11,500 clients was exposed.
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NewsHacker accesses personal data of Asian airline’s passengers
The private information of fliers with Bangkok Airways has been compromised in a cyber-attack.
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NewsT-Mobile’s beefs up cyber security after humbling experience of data breach
Telecom T-Mobile has entered into long-term partnerships with cyber security provider Mandiant and management consultancy KPMG after private information of millions of customers and prospective customers was compromised in a cyber-attack on its US operations.
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NewsAT&T refutes claims of data breach
Telecommunications company AT&T has denied claims that the personal data of 70 million of its customers were stolen by threat actor ShinyHunters.
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NewsT-Mobile hit with class actions after data breach
A pair of lawsuits have been filed against US telecom T-Mobile following a cyber-attack affecting more than 53m customers and prospective customers.
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NewsNew programme to “spark a wave of growth” in the UK’s cyber sector
A new government-supported scheme to support the UK’s developing cyber security sector will help cyber startups, small businesses and scale-ups in launching and growing their businesses.
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NewsTech big names join US government’s cyber-security drive
Microsoft, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services are among the private companies which have signed up to the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative initiated by the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa).
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NewsCourt stops RNZ using more hacked material
Public broadcaster Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has been ordered by the country’s high court not to use any more information stolen in a cyber-attack on Waikato District Health Board (DHB) last May.
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NewsWeak US government cyber security ‘puts individuals’ data at risk’
The personal information of millions of Americans is at risk because branches of government have failed to implement basic defences against cyber-attacks, according to a Senate committee report.
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NewsFraudsters and hackers became more active in UK during pandemic
Fraud and computer misuse offences rose in Britain during the country’s anti-coronavirus lockdowns, according to data released this week by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
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NewsHacked Saudi Aramco data ‘for sale’
Threat actors are reportedly offering 1 TB of proprietary data stolen from the Saudi Arabian Oil Company on the darknet for a negotiable price of $5m (€4.25m).
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NewsData from price comparison website breached in cyber attack
Ransomware attackers forced Swiss price comparison website comparis.ch offline for two days last week with the associated data breach probably resulting in client data being stolen, Zurich police say.
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NewsUS and allies accuse China of global hacking spree
The United States and its allies have publicly accused China of a worldwide cyber espionage campaign, with US secretary of state Antony Blinken saying the activity posed “a major threat to our economic and national security”.
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NewsCovid-19 test centre referred to police for poor privacy security
Denmark’s DPA Datatilsynet has reported Medicals Nordic to the police for processing users’ health and other confidential information about their coronavirus tests with inadequate security.
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NewsGerman council paralysed by country’s first cyber catastrophe
Computer-based operations at the local authority serving Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in eastern Germany have virtually ground to a halt after being hacked.
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NewsGarante serves up change for Foodinho
Food delivery company Foodinho has to amend how it processes riders’ data through a digital platform, says Italy’s data protection authority Garante.
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NewsBeijing cracks down on ride-hailing app Didi
Chinese regulators have told Didi Global to stop taking new registrations and ordered its app be removed from China’s app stores pending a cyber security review.
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NewsHackers extract client details from South African insurance services company
Qsure has created an alternative IT network after cyber-attackers gained unauthorised access to and exfiltrated data from its systems.
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NewsMercedes-Benz customer data exposed online
Sensitive personal information of Mercedes-Benz customers and would-be customers in the US from around six years ago has been made accessible on a cloud storage platform.
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NewsEC setting up unit to tackle rising cyber-attacks
The European Commission plans to create a specialised organisation to counter tackle the increasing number of cyber incidents impacting public services, businesses and citizens across the EU.
