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News and information from the Advent IM team.
‘Assange supporters’ claim to hack Yorkshire councils
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Hackers are claiming to have taken two Yorkshire council websites offline as part of a campaign to free Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder had been taking refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London until his arrest on 11 April.
Read MoreEcuador says it has been hit with 40 million cyber attacks since Julian Assange was arrested at its embassy in London
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Ecuador says it has weathered over 40 million cyber attacks since Julian Assange was arrested five days ago. Ecuador’s president Lenin Moreno stripped Assange of asylum status on Thursday, allowing UK police to arrest him at the London embassy he called home for nearly seven years.
Read MoreSocial media firms told not to let children use the ‘like’ button in new UK proposals
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Social media companies may have to stop allowing children using functions such as the like button as part of rules proposed by the U.K.s data regulator. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has started a consultation process on standards that online services must meet to protect childrens privacy and published a 16-point draft code of practice […]
Read MorePupils’ data ‘at risk’ in hack attack on Kings Norton Girls’ School
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
The personal data of almost 1,000 girls and their families is at risk after a hacking attack on a Birmingham school. Parents with children at Kings Norton Girls’ School were told there was an “extremely small but potential breach of personal data relating to you and your child”.
Read MoreHackers Access Microsoft Email Accounts
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Microsoft has confirmed that hackers targeted an unspecified number of users’ online email accounts across Outlook, Hotmail and MSN services for a period of three months after hacking a customer support account.
Read MoreThe top emerging risks organizations are facing
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Gartner surveyed 98 senior executives across industries and geographies and found that accelerating privacy regulation had overtaken talent shortages as the top emerging risk in the Q1 2019 Emerging Risk Monitor survey.
Read MoreCouncil apologises to thousands of ‘Bristol Citizens’ after massive email data breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Council chiefs have apologised to hundreds, possibly thousands of people after they were sent each other’s email addresses in what was a major data breach.
Read MoreBounty UK fined £400,000 for sharing personal data unlawfully
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has fined Bounty (UK) Limited £400,000 for illegally sharing personal information belonging to more than 14 million people.
Read MoreThe Security Event 2019: Urgent collaboration needed between physical and cyber security
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
The panel, Convergence in an increasingly cyber enabled age, was chaired by Philip Ingram MBE, and participants included consultant Peter Houlis, Ellie Hurst of consultancy and training provider Advent IM, Andrew Tsonchev, Director of Technology at Darktrace Industrial, and Patrick McBrearty, a Cyber Patrol Officer for the West Midlands Police Regional Cyber Crime Unit.
Read MoreMost organisations still lack incident response plans
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Most companies lack incident response plans, others fail to test them and nearly half are not GDPR compliant, but some report improved security through automation, a study shows.
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