News and information from the Advent IM team.
Boots, BA Warn Staff About Cyber Attack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A vulnerability in file transfer software has led to warnings being issued to a range of companies warning staff of a potential compromise of personal details. Read Here.
Read MoreBirmingham Airport suspends operations due to ‘security incident’ on aircraft.
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Birmingham Airport suspends operations due to ‘security incident’ on aircraft. Read Here.
Read MoreRoku hackers accessed over 500K accounts in second cyberattack of 2024
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Streaming service provider Roku said Friday it identified a second cyberattack that impacted about 576,000 additional accounts while investigating a breach that affected 15,000 user accounts earlier this year. Read Here.
Read MoreNo one facing disciplinary action over multimillion-pound PSNI data breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
No disciplinary action is being taken against anyone involved in the PSNI data breach, the chief constable has said. Jon Boutcher said the error is set to cost hundreds of millions of pounds was due to a systems failure, as he insisted he not would preside over a “blame culture” within the PSNI. Read Here.
Read MoreRoyal Mail export services severely disrupted after ‘cyber incident’
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Royal Mail said on Wednesday it was facing severe disruption to its international export services following what it described as “a cyber incident”. Read Here.
Read MoreThe Viral Temu Scam: Did You Sell Your Data for £50?
- by Anthony Orjally
- Advent IM Blog
Hello everyone, here’s a free £50! We’ll just take your personal information in return 🙂 This is what Chinese organisation Temu are doing, and masses of people are falling for it. Who are Temu? Temu are an online market place that offer heavily discounted prices for all goods. They originate from China, with their platform […]
Read MoreLondon-listed veterinary services firm CVS hit by cyber attack.
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
London-listed veterinary services company CVS Group says it “detected and intercepted” a cyber attack on its IT systems. Read Here.
Read MoreHome Depot Confirms Data Breach After Employee Info Appears on Hacker Forum
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Home Depot has confirmed the data of around 10,000 employees was exposed and published online; The data includes corporate IDs, names, and email addresses, which could be used for targeted phishing attempts on the employees in order to gain access to Home Depot’s network. Read Here.
Read MoreHappy retirement, Derek – some mentions from the team
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog Advent IM News
We are a small business and it is not often we wave someone off to retirement. We have found ourselves reflecting, as a company as well as individuals, on our time with Derek Willins and decided to compile some of our memorable, funny, useful or sentimental moments here. “I’d quite like to be rather sincere […]
Read MoreLeicester City Council acknowledges cyber theft of data
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Leicester City Council has acknowledged that some data on its IT systems was stolen in a cyber attack early last month. Read Here.
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