• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

The hacker who last week sent out thousands of fake emails from FBI systems is offering to sell data allegedly stolen in the recent breach at mobile stock trading platform Robinhood. Robinhood last week revealed that it had suffered a data breach in early November after someone used social engineering to trick an employee into […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

US share-trading app Robinhood has been hit by a security breach that has exposed the names or email addresses of more than seven million people. The company says the breach affected “a limited amount of personal information for a portion of our customers”. And it does not believe the most sensitive information it gathers – […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

The UK’s biggest fishing shop has been hacked, with its website redirecting keen anglers to an adult website. Angling Direct, which sells fishing gear online and through stores, said it was hit by the attack late on Friday. On top of the website redirect, its Twitter account has been compromised to also reference a porn […]

• by Connor McBean
• General

The world’s most valuable oil producer Saudi Aramco has confirmed to the BBC that company data has leaked from one of its contractors. Read via BBC News

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Ransomware gang publishes stolen data after Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) refuses to pay ransom – as agency confirms operations remain disrupted. Read via ZDNet.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

‘The company has not reported a data breach,’ ICO tells Computing, but adds that they may be required to ‘explain why it wasn’t reported’ Read via Computing. 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Travelex statement admits Sodinokibi ransomware outbreak but claims that no “structured personal customer data” has been compromised. Read via Computing.