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UK Councils and Hospitals Vulnerable to Cyber Hackers
An investigation into cybersecurity at UK public services revealed a large disparity in defense budgets, hundreds of website vulnerabilities and staff email addresses and passwords at one council posted...
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Hacker offers to sell Shanghai police database holding details on one billion Chinese residents
A hacker is offering to sell a gigantic Shanghai police database that he says contains sensitive information on around one billion Chinese residents – including their names, addresses, birthdates,...
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NFT giant OpenSea reports major email data breach
A staff member at Customer.io, an email vendor contracted by OpenSea, misused their employee access to download and share email addresses of OpenSea’s users and newsletter subscribers with an...
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P4H England
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SECURITY TWENTY
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NDA Group Supply Chain Event
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teiss London 2022
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2022 Women in Security Awards
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