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Avon has been forced to shut down its UK website in the wake of a cyber attack on 8 June. The organisation has revealed few details about the hack other than the fact that it “interrupted some systems and partially …
Nine million easyJet customers have had their data stolen in a “highly sophisticated cyber attack”. The budget airline said that criminal hackers accessed a database containing email addresses and travel details. The credit card details of 2,208 customers were also …
The NHS is delaying its annual cyber security audit to help managers concentrate on the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The six-month delay means that NHS trusts don’t need to complete their standard cyber security checklist until September. Although the …
Cyber security experts have found that the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a surge in phishing scams, with both individuals and organisations at risk. Things could get worse in the coming weeks, as organisations scramble to find solutions …
Amid all the cyber crime statistics, it can be easy to overlook the everyday effects that scams have on people. Attacks aren’t just a case of money being lost or organisations being disrupted; they are stories of people undergoing traumatic …
Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, has suffered a massive data breach, affecting 123 million customer and employee records. Cyber security researchers at vpnMentor found a leaky database on a publicly accessible Elasticsearch server. It contained information from the …
Cyber criminals are exploiting the public’s fear of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in a new phishing scam, researchers have learned. Experts at IBM discovered a spate of phishing emails being sent to Japanese citizens, asking them to open an attached …
Twitter has suspended the dating app Grindr from its ad platform after discovering ‘insane violations’ of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). According to a study by the NCC (Norwegian Consumer Council), Grindr shared significant amounts of sensitive personal data …
Marriott International is to be fined £99.2 million for a massive data breach that it disclosed last year. The penalty, levied by the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), relates to a cyber attack that occurred in 2014 but was only disclosed …
