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Bletchley Park Trust hit in Blackbaud security breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The home of hacking in wartime Britain, Bletchley Park, was one of the victims of a major ransomware attack that hit software provider Blackbaud.
Read MoreCapital One to pay $80 million fine after data breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Capital One Financial Corp (COF.N) will pay an $80 million penalty to a U.S. bank regulator after the bank suffered a massive data breach one year ago. Read story by Pete Schroeder for Reuters
Read MoreCanon confirms ransomware attack in internal memo
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Canon has suffered a ransomware attack that impacts numerous services, including Canon’s email, Microsoft Teams, USA website, and other internal applications. In an internal alert sent to employees, Canon has disclosed the ransomware attack and working to address the issue. Read story by Lawrence Abrams via Bleeping Computer
Read MoreLoughborough University and charity Loros ‘victims of Blackbaud hack’
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
A charity and a university have written to supporters to warn them some of their details were taken in a cyber-attack. Read story via BBC
Read MoreRansomware gang publishes tens of GBs of internal data from LG and Xerox
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Maze gang publishes internal data from LG and Xerox after failed extortion attempt. Read story by Catalin Cimpanu in ZDNet.
Read MoreMajor US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. Read full story via BBC.
Read MoreThis botnet has surged back into action spreading a new ransomware campaign via phishing emails
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
There’s been a big jump in Phorpiex botnet activity – but it’s a trojan malware attack that was the most common malware campaign in June. Read story by Danny Palmer in ZDNet.
Read MoreGoogle will ban ads for stalkerware starting August 11
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Stalkerware tech allows third-parties to monitor one’s mobile device without the user’s knowledge, as well as to collect sensitive user information related to the user’s location and online activity later to be used for blackmail or various other malicious purposes. Read the story by Sergiu Gatlan in Bleeping Computer
Read MoreCoronavirus: Review after third NHS Orkney data breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
A review is to be carried out after the third data breach at NHS Orkney in the space of less than two months. Read story via BBC
Read MoreOut of date security laws leave UK plc at risk during pandemic
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The CyberUp coalition has written to Boris Johnson to urge him to reform the UK’s 30 year-old cyber crime laws. Read story by Alex Scroxton in comupter Weekly.
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