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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The suspect, charged with breach of bail and computer misuse offences, is believed to be the same individual behind earlier attacks on Microsoft, Okta and Nvidia Read via Computing.com

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Wireless carrier Optus said in a statement on Thursday it had immediately shut down the attack after discovering it, and that payment details and account passwords had not been compromised. Read via Reuters.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Rockstar Games was hit over the weekend by an attacker who claimed to have accessed its Slack channel to steal data on an upcoming release, and may be the same person who compromised Uber.   Read via Computer Weekly.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The ride-hailing company said it was investigating after several internal communications and engineering systems had been compromised. Read via BBC News.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The National Cyber Security Centre warns about potential scams during the period of national mourning. During this period following the death of Her Majesty the Queen, including her Lying-in-State and State Funeral, there may be an increase in phishing emails and other scams. Please find the full details via the NCSC Website. ‘Phishing’ is when […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

We wake up to unprecedented times. Gone is the woman who has been in our lives always. A mother, grandmother … our Queen. Through the good times and bad her dedication to this nation and her peoples was unwavering. And even though most of us never met her we felt like we knew her and […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Holiday Inn owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), has confirmed the company has been hit by a cyber-attack. Read via BBC

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

A fat fine — of €405 million — is headed Instagram’s way after European Union privacy regulators came to a decision on a long-running complaint related to how the social media platform handles children’s data. The penalty is for a breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Read via Yahoo

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

NHS IT service provider Advanced says system recovery has been more complex than anticipated. Doctors and healthcare providers take care notes with pen and paper as services remain offline. Read via CSOOnline