Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Track trace fraud alert
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
SCAMMERS are finding it ‘blisteringly easy’ to pose as coronavirus contact tracers, experts said yesterday. Anyone armed with a ‘simple app and zero technical knowhow’ can make it appear as if they are calling from the official number that is being used by the new team of NHS trackers. Read story by Dominic Yeatman in […]
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Coronavirus: researchers no longer need consent to access your medical records
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
You may not know it, but if you live in the UK and have contacted the NHS with any coronavirus-related health concerns, your data is now being used for research. Read this story by Stephen Khan in The Conversation.
Read MoreNCA launches UK ad campaign to divert kids searching for cybercrime tools
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a new advertising campaign designed to divert young people searching for cybercrime services to white hat alternatives. Read the story by Charlie Osborne for ZDNet
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Trading Standards squad targets anti-5G USB stick
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Trading Standards officers are seeking to halt sales of a device that has been claimed to offer protection against the supposed dangers of 5G via use of quantum technology. Image Pen Test Partners via BBC Read story via BBC
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Northern Ireland customers sue EasyJet after major data breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
EasyJet is to be sued by customers in Northern Ireland impacted by a major data breach, it emerged on Monday. Read story by Alan Erwin in the Belfast Telegaph
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Coronavirus: Serco apologises for sharing contact tracers’ email addresses
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Outsourcing firm Serco has apologised after accidentally sharing the email addresses of almost 300 contact tracers. Read via BBC
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Coronavirus: UK forces hundreds of scam Covid-19 shops offline
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it took down more than 2,000 online coronavirus scams last month. NCSC said this included 471 fake online shops that were selling fraudulent virus-related items. Read full story on BBC
Read MoreCoronavirus: Why are there doubts over contact-tracing apps?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
There are growing tensions over the best approach to coronavirus contact-tracing apps and whether or not the technology can live up to its promise. Smartphone software is being developed to alert users when someone they were recently near becomes infected. Read the full story via BBC
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ICO: Data protection and coronavirus – what you need to know
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The ICO recognises the unprecedented challenges we are all facing during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read the full post from the ICO here.
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Arsenal FC sees increase in cyber crime attempts during Coronavirus pandemic
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Arsenal Football Club is seeing an increase in hackers attempting to exploit the global crisis, according to the club’s IT director Christelle Heikkila. Read via diginomica.com
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