Category: Industry News

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When your organisation becomes the subject of negative news, it is crucial to respond effectively and strategically to minimise damage and rebuild stakeholder trust. Read Here.

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There is relief that the cyber incident affecting Gloucestershire council is “nothing like” the hack suffered by neighbouring authority three years ago – and “was a case of its systems testing its own security”. Read Here.

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Disney is reportedly phasing out its use of Slack following a significant data breach, with plans to migrate over to Microsoft Teams for internal communications and collaboration. The move comes after a July incident where hackers accessed Disney’s internal Slack archives to leak 1.1TB of sensitive information, exposing confidential company messages, project details and employee information. Read Here.

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TfL has said some customer data was compromised in the cyber attack, including customer names and contact details. Some Oyster card data, which could include bank account details, may also have been accessed. Read Here.

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Global scrutiny on hack-for-hire services and spyware tools has heightened over the past few months, with many countries strengthening their legal response to human rights and security violations leveraging these tools and services. Read Here.

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The mobile numbers of Scottish NHS staff at seven health boards have been compromised following a software company data breach. Read Here.

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Northern Ireland’s police watchdog has apologised to its staff after their details were inadvertently shared with almost two dozen job applicants. The data leak at the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland involved the details of 160 current and former employees. Read Here.

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Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler has uncovered a massive database belonging to field service management platform ServiceBridge was left freely available online. In total, the database numbered 31,524,107 files, dated back to 2012 and primarily belonging to companies from the US, UK, and Canada. Read Here.

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Work has begun on the development of a new optical ground station at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The £2.5m facility will demonstrate and test satellite quantum secure communications and is scheduled to be fully operational by late autumn this year. Read Here.

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Uber is facing a massive GDPR fine after the Dutch regulator claimed it violated the regulation by storing driver data in the US without adequate safeguards. Read Here.