Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
MoD probes claims Russian hackers stole files on bases
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is investigating claims Russian hackers stole hundreds of sensitive military documents and published them on the dark web. Read Here.
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ICO’s £7.5m Clearview AI Fine a Step Closer After Legal Victory
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK’s data protection watchdog has won its appeal against a controversial facial recognition technology firm, making a £7.5m fine more likely. Read the full story via Infosecurity Mag.
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Gucci and Alexander McQueen Hit by Customer Data Breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Luxury fashion brands Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga have suffered a customer data breach, in another attack linked to the ShinyHunters gang. Read Here.
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AI in healthcare: Cyber Security, Governance and Risk Management
- by Anthony Orjally
- Advent IM Blog Industry News
Earlier this year the CSBR launched a policy programme around AI and healthcare. They held a roundtable in the House of Lords in February which considered some key questions and helped identify the six key topics for the policy programme… Read Here.
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WhatsApp Patches Zero-Day, Zero-Click Flaw
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
WhatsApp has patched a critical zero-day vulnerability it believes was exploited in a sophisticated attack. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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DDoS Attacks on Financial Sector Surge in Scale and Sophistication
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The financial industry has been particularly affected by large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for years, but the recent escalating sophistication of these attacks marks a shift, according to the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). Read Here.
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Council reprimanded after exposing sensitive data
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A west London council has been reprimanded after personal details of more than 6,500 people including “sensitive” data about children was left online for almost two years. Read Here.
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89 Million Steam Accounts Allegedly Compromised in a Data Breach.
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A recent data breach has reportedly affected users of Steam, Valve’s wildly popular online gaming store and distribution platform. Read Here.
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M&S says customer data stolen in cyber attack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Marks & Spencer has revealed that some personal customer data has been stolen in the recent cyber attack, which could include contact details and date of births.
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DeepSeek Breach Opens Floodgates to Dark Web
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The incident should serve as a critical wake-up call. The stakes are simply too high to treat AI security as an afterthought — especially when the Dark Web stands ready to capitalize on every vulnerability. Read Here.
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