Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
London pharmacy fined after “careless” storage of patient data
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a London-based pharmacy £275,000 for failing to ensure the security of special category data. Read via ICO.
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Adtech and the data protection debate – where next?
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
In June we issued our Adtech Update Report with a clear message to industry that they had six months to read, internalise and act upon our report. Our view from the outset was that this is an industry problem requiring an industry solution. We have just reached the end of that six month period and are reviewing […]
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A hacker accessed a family’s Ring security camera
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Someone gained access to the Ring security camera of a Mississippi family and used the speaker feature to harass their 8-year-old daughter, telling her he was Santa Claus and encouraging her to destroy the room. Read via CNN.
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UK Government offers NHS data to Amazon for free
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The government hopes the move will help reduce pressure on NHS GPs and pharmacists Read via Computing.
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International law enforcement operation exposes the world’s most harmful cyber crime group
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A Russian national who runs Evil Corp has been indicted in the United States following unprecedented collaboration between the NCA, the FBI and the National Cyber Security Centre. Read via National Crime Agency.
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Cyber security takes its place alongside UK’s armed services
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Head of armed services says cyber security will take its place alongside the army, navy and air force as a key pillar of the UK’s defence strategy Read via Computer Weekly.
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Lib Dems, Labour and SNP ‘Ahead’ on Election Security
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Security researchers are warning UK voters to be on their guard after revealing that most of the country’s political parties still don’t have best practice email security measures in place to mitigate fraud risks. Read via InfosecMag.
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UK Fashion Store Sweaty Betty Suffers Magecart Heist
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
British e-commerce store Sweaty Betty has become the latest victim of a digital skimming attack after customers unwittingly had their card data stolen over the period of a week. Read via InfoSecurity.
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General Election: Labour’s Ben Bradshaw claims he was ‘targeted by Russian hackers’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The phishing campaign apparently targeting critics of Russia has been conducted during the middle of the election. Read More via Sky News.
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Data of 21 million Mixcloud users put up for sale on the dark web
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A hacker has breached online music streaming service Mixcloud earlier this month, and is now selling the site’s user data online, on a dark web marketplace. Read via ZDNET.
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