Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
A UK-founded website used to defraud victims on an industrial scale has been infiltrated by police, leading to a number of arrests around the world. As many as 70,000 UK victims were tricked by LabHost’s scams, which obtained 480,000 card numbers and 64,000 PINs globally. Read Here.
Read MoreA 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. Read Here.
Read MoreStreaming 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 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 MoreLONDON (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 MoreLondon-listed veterinary services company CVS Group says it “detected and intercepted” a cyber attack on its IT systems. Read Here.
Read MoreHome 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 MoreLeicester City Council has acknowledged that some data on its IT systems was stolen in a cyber attack early last month. Read Here.
Read MoreThe British Library has published a report on what it has learned from the cyber incident that paralysed its IT systems in October of last year. Read Here.
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