Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Data bill will boost NHS and police access to data, says government
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Data Use and Access Bill will pave the way for sharing medical records across the NHS and give police the ability to access databases without having to manually log the reasons for their use. Read Here.
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50,000 Files Exposed in Nidec Ransomware Attack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A ransomware attack in August 2024 has led to the theft of more than 50,000 business and internal documents from Nidec’s Vietnam-based subsidiary, Nidec Precision (NPCV), the company has confirmed. Read Here.
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Developer pockets $2M in savings from going cloud-free
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The web software biz that decided to exit the cloud after racking up a huge bill says it has saved almost $2 million in its first “clean year” after making the switch to on-prem, and has already recouped the costs of the extra hardware it needed. Read Here.
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Microsoft reveals 600M daily cyberattacks in alarming report
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The report highlights that Microsoft’s customers have faced a staggering 600 million attacks daily from cybercriminals and nation-states. Read Here.
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Spy-accused ex-serviceman ‘put special forces at threat’, court told
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A former British soldier accused of passing secret information to Iran could have put special forces personnel “at threat” when he covertly gathered their names, a court has heard. Read Here.
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Counter-terror police investigate whether Russia was involved in suspicious package fire at DHL warehouse in Birmingham
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Detectives confirmed officers were “liaising with other European law enforcement partners” to determine whether the blaze was linked to similar incidents on the continent. Read via Sky News.
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Warning after ‘bogus’ QR codes appear on parking machines in Coventry
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Motorists have been urged not to scan QR codes to pay for parking in Coventry. Scammers have been placing bogus stickers on pay-and-display machines across the city, prompting a warning to ‘stay alert.’ Read Here.
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CrowdStrike incident shows we need to rethink cyber
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
When your organisation becomes the subject of negative news, it is crucial to respond effectively and strategically to minimise damage and rebuild stakeholder trust. Read Here.
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Gloucestershire Council cyber incident ‘a case of its systems testing its own security’
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
There is relief that the cyber incident affecting Gloucestershire council is “nothing like” the hack suffered by neighbouring authority three years ago – and “was a case of its systems testing its own security”. Read Here.
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Disney is ditching Slack for Microsoft Teams following data breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Disney is reportedly phasing out its use of Slack following a significant data breach, with plans to migrate over to Microsoft Teams for internal communications and collaboration. The move comes after a July incident where hackers accessed Disney’s internal Slack archives to leak 1.1TB of sensitive information, exposing confidential company messages, project details and employee information. Read Here.
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