Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Holiday Inn hotels hit by cyber-attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Holiday Inn owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), has confirmed the company has been hit by a cyber-attack. Read via BBC
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Instagram fined €405M in EU over children’s privacy
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A fat fine — of €405 million — is headed Instagram’s way after European Union privacy regulators came to a decision on a long-running complaint related to how the social media platform handles children’s data. The penalty is for a breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Read via Yahoo
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NHS ransomware attack fallout continues, services could be offline for another 12 weeks
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
NHS IT service provider Advanced says system recovery has been more complex than anticipated. Doctors and healthcare providers take care notes with pen and paper as services remain offline. Read via CSOOnline
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Weekend Wisdom 02/09: New Youtube Video, Twitter Whistleblower, Plex data breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Weekend Wisdom returns for another week! We have two brand new Youtube videos for you : A Business Email Data Breach – Can It Affect You? – Watch here Advent IM – 2022 Awards Nominations – watch here In news this week Twitter whistleblower raises security concerns – Read here Plex database breached, emails, usernames, […]
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U.K. Water Supplier Hit with Clop Ransomware Attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A U.K. water supplier suffered a disruption in its corporate IT systems Monday as a result of a cyber-attack but claims that its water supply was not affected. Read via Threat Post
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Plex database breached, emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords stolen
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
If you happen to be using Plex, you need to be high alert. That’s because the home media streaming company has started warning users via email that a data breach has taken place, though, Plex insists that the “impact of the incident is limited”. And as such, the users are being advised to reset their […]
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Twitter whistleblower raises security concerns
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A former security chief for Twitter has turned whistleblower and testified that the company misled users and US regulators about gaps in its security. Read via BBC News
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Hackers may have exploited security flaws – Apple
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Apple has released an update to fix security flaws on its iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, which it says hackers may have “actively exploited”. Read via BBC News
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Criminals posting counterfeit Microsoft products to get access to victims’ computers
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Microsoft has confirmed to Sky News that criminals are posting counterfeit packages designed to appear like Office products in order to defraud people. Read via Sky News
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South Staffordshire Water says it was target of cyber attack as criminals bungle extortion attempt
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
South Staffordshire Water “has been the target of a criminal cyber attack”, the company has confirmed. In a statement, it stressed it was “still supplying safe water to all of our Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water customers”. Read via Sky
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