Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Privacy campaigners have called Google’s new rules on tracking people online “a blatant disregard for user privacy.” Read Here.
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Pair charged over alleged New IRA activity after PSNI data breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Two men have appeared in court charged with terrorism offences linked to a major PSNI data breach. Read Here.
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OpenAI Finds No Evidence of Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell 20 Million Credentials
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A hacker recently offered to sell 20 million OpenAI credentials, but the data likely comes from information stealers, not the AI firm’s systems. Read Here.
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British engineering firm IMI discloses breach, shares no details
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
British-based engineering firm IMI plc has disclosed a security breach after unknown attackers hacked into the company’s systems. Read Here.
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Car theft gang hacked keyless Land Rovers
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A car thief who was part of a gang that stole up to £200,000-worth of keyless Land Rovers and Range Rovers has been given a suspended prison sentence. Read Here.
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Backdoor found in two healthcare patient monitors, linked to IP in China
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that Contec CMS8000 devices, a widely used healthcare patient monitoring device, include a backdoor that quietly sends patient data to a remote IP address and downloads and executes files on the device. Read Here.
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73% of UK Education Sector Hit by Cyber-Attacks in Past Five Years
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The UK education sector is a key target for cyber-attacks, with 73% of institutions having experienced at least one cyber-attack or breach in the past five years, according to new ESET research. Read Here.
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HPE investigating security breach after hacker claims theft of sensitive data
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is investigating a data breach after a well-known hacker claimed to have stolen sensitive information from the company. Read Here.
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School forced to close after ‘ransomware attack’
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A school in Cheshire has announced a temporary closure after falling victim to a “ransomware attack”. Read here.
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60 Million Students and Teachers Targeted in PowerSchool Data Breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
PowerSchool confirms Social Security numbers and personally identifiable information among information exposed by hack. Read Here.
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