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Cyber attack targets Norwich-based Flagship Group
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Customer and staff data has been “compromised” in a security breach of a social housing provider’s IT system. Read story via BBC
Read MoreUK’s ICO faces legal action after closing adtech complaint
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The UK’s data watchdog is facing a legal challenge after it took the decision to quietly close a complaint against the adtech industry’s high velocity background trading of personal data. Read story by Natasha Lomas in TechCrunch
Read MoreCyber crime fear as Crieff OAP cheated out of £40k Amazon Prime scam
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Cases of fraud and cyber crime rocketed across Tayside during lockdown, a Police Scotland study has revealed. Read story by Jamie Buchan in The Courier.
Read MoreStaff and tenants’ data compromised in cyber attack
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Staff and residents’ personal data has been compromised in a cyber attack at a 32,000-home housing association based in East Anglia. Read story by Nathaniel Barker in Inside Housing.
Read MoreUniversities The Latest Frontier For Cybercriminals
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Students’ return to universities has coincided with a spate of attacks against academic institutions across the North of England, prompting the National Cyber Security Centre to issue a warning: prepare for disruption as the term starts.
Read MoreICO Publishes Its Accountability Framework
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
On September 9, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office…
Read MoreCharing Cross Gender Identity Clinic Data Leak Victims Could Claim £30,000 in Damages
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Victims of the Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic data breach – which occurred a year to the day yesterday – could be eligible to claim up to £30,000 each in damages, according to consumer action and data breach law firm Your Lawyers.
Read MoreNewcastle University cyber attack ‘to take weeks to fix’
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Newcastle University has been hit by a cyber attack which is expected to take “a number of weeks” to sort out.
Read MoreBritish Dental Association hack: Staff records leaked on the Dark Web
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Detailed staff records stolen by hackers from British Dental Association servers were leaked on the Dark Web soon after a massive cyber attack forced the Association to take some of its systems offline. Story via TEISS
Read MoreBlackbaud hack: East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices latest victim
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
A children’s hospice charity is the latest to announce it was the victim of an international data breach.
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