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NewsEC to introduce cyber security law for connected devices
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the bloc is bringing in a Cyber Resilience Act to set common cyber security standards for connected devices.
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New Zealand suffers week-plus denial-of-service attack
Customers of Kiwibank are still having trouble accessing online banking and the associated app to make payments and transfers via the New Zealand bank.
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Data stolen from United Nations
Earlier this year, hackers gained access into the United Nations’ computer network and stole a trove of data, according to researchers from Resecurity.
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Data of nearly 80K MyRepublic customers accessed in breach
The personal data of approximately 80,000 MyRepublic mobile subscribers has been accessed due to a data breach.
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Two South African government agencies hit in cyber-attacks
South Africa’s department of justice and constitutional development (DoJ) and the South African National Space Agency (Sansa) have been targeted by hackers.
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Ireland’s credit unions seek central bank guarantees following data leak
The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) is asking the central bank to assure it can protect personal data of people who have to register with it following disclosure of information to a third party.
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France issues warning after breach of visa-application website
The personal data of applicants for a French tourist visa has been stolen in a cyber-attack. Almost 9,000 people are reportedly affected.
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Activists ‘target UK gun owners’ in aftermath of data leak
Animal rights activists are reported to be contacting British farmers as thousands of names and addresses of gun owners are being shared online following the hack of gun-selling website Guntrader.
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Germany warns Russia over pre-election cyber-attacks
Russia is behind a series of cyber-attacks targeting German politicians in the run up to the country’s parliamentary elections on 26 September, says Berlin.
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Eight 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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Hacker 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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T-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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AT&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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T-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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New 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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Tech 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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Court 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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Weak 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.
