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Equifax Data Hack Affected 694,000 UK Customers
The beleaguered credit reference agency Equifax has now admitted that 694,000 customers in the UK had their data stolen between May and July this year.
The firm's original estimate of its UK cyber-theft victims, made last month, was fewer,…

Supermarket Morrisons Sued by Staff Over Personal Data Leak
Thousands of Morrisons staff are suing the company after their personal details were posted on the internet.
The High Court action is seeking to make the supermarket chain liable after a member of staff stole the data of nearly 100,000 employees…

Secure Sanitisation of Storage Media
Why sanitisation is necessary, the risks to manage, and how to sanitise affordably.
This guidance is suitable for any organisation wishing to ensure that their data held on storage media can not be read by unauthorised…

Recycled E-waste Adds to Cybersecurity Concerns
Electronic waste, or e-waste, incites more than an environmental crisis, as most disposed hardware still leaves unsecured traces of data linked back to its former owner, according to a Fortune report. Improper destruction of recycled devices…

Firm Fined for Making Record 146 Million Nuisance Calls
Dirwy o £350,000 i gwmni am wneud 146 miliwn o alwadau niwsans – y nifer fwyaf erioed
A company behind a record high 146 million illegal calls about PPI has been fined £350,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
People…

Enterprise compliance with PCI DSS is up, says Verizon
Verizon has some good news and some bad news about organizations' compliance with PCI DSS.
In its 2017 "Payment Security Report," Verizon analyzed the "compliance patterns and control failures" of organizations subject to PCI DSS. The report…

Taxi Booking App Firm is Fined
The company behind a taxi booking app has been fined £45,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for breaking the law on sending unsolicited text messages.
Cab Guru Limited was set up by a consortium of licensed taxi and private…

Mexican VAT Refund Giant Exposes Data
If you’ve ever gone on holiday to Mexico and done a little shopping, then you know you can apply for a value-added tax (VAT) refund on the goods you’re taking back home. Unfortunately, one of the largest companies that does that, the appropriately…

Equifax Announces Cybersecurity Incident
Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) today announced a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. Criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files. Based on the…

Instagram Hackers May Have Details on Six Million Users
Hackers are claiming to have obtained the personal details of as many as six million Instagram users, including those of celebrities including Emma Watson, Leonardo Di Caprio and David Beckham.
The cyber-criminals are believed to have exploited…