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Energy firm Npower has closed down its app following an attack that exposed some customers’ financial and personal information. Read via BBC News.
Read MoreWeak access controls and outdated systems blamed for leaking of the personal details of thousands of Dutch citizens tested for Covid-19 Read via Computer Weekly.
Read MoreThe attack has coincided with the pandemic to severely disrupt housing services in the East London council. Read via Sky News.
Read MoreUS telecom’s cybersecurity team discovered malicious, unauthorized access to its systems Read via Tech Radar.
Read MoreSensitive 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreA Freedom of Information Act request published on the FCA website revealed more than it should. Read via ZDNet.
Read MoreFrench 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.
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Read MoreAdvent 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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