Tag: data leak
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Npower app attack exposed customers’ bank details
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Energy firm Npower has closed down its app following an attack that exposed some customers’ financial and personal information. Read via BBC News.
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Data of thousands of Dutch citizens leaked from government Covid-19 systems
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Weak access controls and outdated systems blamed for leaking of the personal details of thousands of Dutch citizens tested for Covid-19 Read via Computer Weekly.
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Hackney council files including alleged passport documents leaked online after cyber attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The attack has coincided with the pandemic to severely disrupt housing services in the East London council. Read via Sky News.
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T-Mobile data breach sees phone numbers and call records leaked online
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
US telecom’s cybersecurity team discovered malicious, unauthorized access to its systems Read via Tech Radar.
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Data Leak Exposes Details of Two Million Chinese Communist Party Members
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Sensitive data of around two million members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have been leaked, highlighting their positions in major organizations, including government agencies, throughout the world. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Coronavirus: Public Health Wales publishes 18,000 test results by mistake
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The details of more than 18,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus were published online by mistake by Public Health Wales. Read via BBC News.
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UK financial watchdog admits to leaking confidential consumer data
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A Freedom of Information Act request published on the FCA website revealed more than it should. Read via ZDNet.
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Sports Giant Decathlon Leaks 123 Million Records
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
French sporting retail giant Decathlon has become the latest big brand to expose user data via a misconfigured database, leaking over 123 million records including customer and employee information, according to researchers. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
Read MoreEuropean Data Breach Fines hit £97m
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
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Read MoreThis isn’t just poor security….a post on the M&S security incident from Julia McCarron
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Advent IM Director, Julia McCarron has turned her eye to the M&S security breach… Well as our Marcomms Manager, Ellie superbly put it, “This isn’t just poor security, this is M&S poor security”. The brand synonymous with quality has let the side down following what it claims was an internal system glitch that caused M&S online account […]
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