Category: Industry News
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Leaked spreadsheet exposes details of UK Special Forces soldiers
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A leaked spreadsheet circulating around WhatsApp has exposed the personal details of more than one thousand UK Special Forces soldiers, which are meant to remain secret. Read via Computing.
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CMA investigates Facebook’s use of ad data
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The CMA is investigating whether Facebook might be abusing a dominant position in the social media or digital advertising markets through its collection and use of advertising data. Read via Gov.uk
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Group linked to Russia is behind hacking of world’s largest meatpacking company
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Hacking group REvil is best known for attacking Quanta Computer, an Apple supplier, earlier this year. Read via Sky News.
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Human Rights groups win “landmark” mass surveillance ruling
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A COALITION of Human Rights organisations led by Liberty, Privacy International and Amnesty International has won what’s being described as “a landmark victory” for privacy and freedom of expression. In the final stage of a case started in the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations about State spying, the European Court of Human Rights has stated […]
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Bose admits ransomware attack exposed employee data
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Bose has confirmed that it had experienced a data breach, having fallen victim to a ransomware attack in early March. Read via IT PRO.
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COVID Vaccine Fraudster Jailed For 4 Years Over Cyber-Scam
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A fraudster has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after being caught sending out mass scam text messages about COVID-19 vaccines, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Read via Law360.
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Hackers leak Irish patients’ data on dark web
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Almost a week after a major ransomware attack on the Ireland Health Service (HSE) network, the group responsible has started leaking patients’ medical and personal details online. Read via Computing.co.uk
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ICO – Data sharing: a code of practice
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Information Commissioner’s foreword In 2011 the ICO published its first Data Sharing Code; in the intervening period the type and amount of data collected by organisations has changed enormously, as has the technology used to store and share it, and even the purposes for which it is used. It is imperative that we keep up […]
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Cybercrime Forum Bans Ransomware Activity
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A popular cybercrime forum claims to have banned all ransomware activity due to ideological differences and concerns over the amount of publicity that high-profile incidents are generating. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Ireland’s health service shuts down IT systems over ‘significant ransomware attack’
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Ireland’s health service has closed down its computer systems after what it described as a “significant ransomware attack”. The Republic’s Health Service Executive (HSE) said it had shut down its entire IT network as a “precaution”. It said COVID-19 vaccination appointments were not affected by the cyberattack and were going ahead as planned. Read story via SkyNews
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