Category: Industry News

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Scottish Environment Protection Agency suffers successive cyber attacks

THE Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has suffered a second hacking attack by cyber criminals, a new report reveals. On Christmas Eve last year, around 1.2GB of data – amounting to at least 4,000 files – was stolen in the ransomware raid. But fresh evidence suggests hackers tried to sabotage recovery operations with a second […]

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Attempted hack causes Tesco website outage

Tesco’s website and app are now back up and running after disruption cause over the weekend, which it said was the result of an attempted hack. The retailer said the disruption was the result of an attempt to interfere with its systems, causing problems to its website search function. A company spokesperson said the website […]

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Ofcom Orders Crackdown on Fraudulent International Calls

The regulator says that phone companies must automatically block fraudulent calls made through the internet – if they come from abroad but pretend to be UK numbers. Communications regulator Ofcom will ensure millions of potential scam phone calls never reach their target as they oblige phone companies to block fraudulent calls made from overseas. The […]

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Nearly 45 million received scam calls in three months, Ofcom says

Almost 45 million people in the UK were targeted by scam text messages or phone calls over the summer, according to telecoms regulator Ofcom. About half reported getting a scam call or text at least once a week. A survey of 2,000 adults in September found that almost a million people had been misled by […]

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Scam Victims in Britain Suffer Well-being Hit Worth £9.3bn

New research carried out by consumer group Which? has found that scam victims in the UK suffer a hit to their well-being worth up to £9.3bn a year. The organisation launched their survey due to the concerns that the full impact of all scams on victims has been “seriously underestimated”. Research found that “there is […]

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Mysterious hacking group is quietly breaking into global telecommunications networks, research finds

The group has been attempting to hack the global telecommunications sector using an in-depth knowledge of the architecture of the network and custom hacking tools. A mysterious group of hackers has been quietly breaking into the computer networks of telecommunications companies on a global scale, according to new security research. Buried deep inside mobile infrastructure […]

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ICO to step in after schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue

Privacy campaigners raise concerns after nine schools in North Ayrshire scan faces of pupils to take payments The Information Commissioner’s Office is to intervene over concerns about the use of facial recognition technology on pupils queueing for lunch in school canteens in the UK. Nine schools in North Ayrshire began taking payments for school lunches […]

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Neighbour wins privacy row over smart doorbell and cameras

A judge has ruled that security cameras and a Ring doorbell installed in a house in Oxfordshire “unjustifiably invaded” the privacy of a neighbour. Dr Mary Fairhurst claimed that the devices installed on the house of neighbour Jon Woodard broke data laws and contributed to harassment. The judge upheld both these claims. Mr Woodard now […]

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Clearview AI has scraped 10 billion photos from the web

Clearview appears to have ignored demands from social media companies to stop taking images from their platforms. Clearview AI has scraped over 10 billion photographs from people’s social media profiles on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other platforms for its controversial facial-recognition tool. Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That told Wired that a larger database of photos means […]

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Footballers demand compensation over ‘data misuse’

Hundreds of footballers have threatened legal action against the data collection industry, which could change how information is handled. Led by former Cardiff City, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town manager Russell Slade, 850 players want compensation for the trading of their performance data over the past six years. They also want an annual fee from […]

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