Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
ICO wins appeal over data protection obligations in Currys cyber attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has won an important appeal relating to data protection obligations arising from a 2017-18 cyber attack at electronics retailer Currys PC World. Read more via ComputerWeekly.
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AI Skills Represent Dangerous New Attack Surface, Says TrendAI
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The so-called “AI skills” used to scale and execute AI operations are dangerously exposed to data theft, sabotage and disruption, TrendAI has warned. Read via Infosecurity Magazine.
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Russia’s cyber attacks on Polish utilities draws NCSC alert
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A series of cyber attacks against the Polich electricity grid that unfolded at the end of December 2025 have prompted a fresh warning from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), alerting British utilities to the dangers of intrusions orchestrated by Russian state threat actors. Read the full story on ComputerWeekly.com
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AI Drives Doubling of Phishing Attacks in a Year
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Security filters caught one phishing email every 19 seconds in 2025, more than double the rate a year previously, Cofense has revealed. AI technology is helping threat actors to increase the speed and scale of attacks, to the point where detected phishing emails last year far outstripped 2024 figures of one every 42 seconds, the […]
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Nike confirms investigation of 1.4TB data breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Nike is investigating a confirmed cyberattack after the WorldLeaks ransomware group claimed it stole and leaked around 1.4TB of internal data. Read via Computing.
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Welsh Ambulance Service recorded more than 600 data breaches
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Welsh Ambulance Service has recorded more than 600 data breaches over the past three years, according to recent data. Read Here.
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UK ambulance data breaches surge past 4,000 in three years
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
UK ambulance services recorded more than 4,000 data breaches over the past three years, according to figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests. Read Here.
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Victorian Department of Education data breach gave hackers access to students’ data
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Department of Education in the Australian state of Victoria said hackers gained access to the names and email addresses of an unknown number of school students after breaching a department database. Read Here.
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750,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Canadian Investment Watchdog
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) this week revealed that hackers compromised the personal information of 750,000 individuals in an August 2025 cyberattack. Read Here.
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Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement—have allegedly been released by a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower following last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. Read Here.
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