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Almost 45 million people in the UK were targeted by scam phone calls or texts in the past three months, according to the telecoms regulator Ofcom. Landline users are the most likely to fall victim, with elderly people especially vulnerable. …
The head of the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) has warned that “most of the devastating ransomware attacks against UK targets” originated in Russia and that not enough organisations in the UK are adequately prepared to deal with the threat. …
T-Mobile has said that it has been hit by a “highly sophisticated cyberattack” that compromised the personal data of more than 7.8 million customers. Additionally, more than 40 million records belonging to former and prospective customers were affected. In a …
Last month, Amazon was hit with a €746 million (about £630 million) fine for violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) – an astronomical figure by data protection regulation, or indeed most, standards. It is by far the biggest fine …
The European Commission is planning to build a Joint Cyber Unit to help organisations tackle severe cyber attacks. It follows a series of high-profile incidents that resulted in widespread disruption for businesses and individuals, including the attacks on Colonial Pipeline …
There was widespread panic on Tuesday after a major Internet outage knocked dozens of websites offline. Amazon, Reddit and Twitch were all affected, as were the Guardian, the New York Times and the Financial Times. Additionally, the UK government website …
UK police forces experienced 2,386 data breaches in 2020, according to data gathered by VPNoverview. The information was made available following a Freedom of Information request, which 31 of the UK’s 45 police forces responded to, and includes several concerning …
Ireland’s health service has temporarily shut down its IT system after experiencing a “significant ransomware attack”. The incident has affected services across a range of hospitals. Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital has cancelled outpatient visits for everyone except those with scheduled paediatric …
Welcome to our first quarterly review of cyber attacks and data breaches. For several years, we’ve produced a monthly list of security incidents, comprised of publicly disclosed breaches from mainstream publications. At the start of 2021, we decided to expand …
TikTok is again being accused of illegally processing children’s personal data. The latest claim has been brought by Anne Longfield, the former children’s commissioner for England, who is suing the video-sharing app on behalf of 3.5 million children in the …
