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Podcast The past, the present and the future with Paul Watts, CISO Domino’s Pizza Group...
This week, The teissPodcast is at The National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes. If you’ve not …
Hacking Hackers target ECB’s BIRD website; steal personal data of subscribers
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that unknown hackers recently infiltrated one of its websites and stole names, …
Data leak British Airways blamed for exposing passenger data via unencrypted web links
Security researchers have warned that the mode of communication employed by British Airways to share check-in information with passengers could …
Breach Choice Hotels data breach: 700k data records lost to hackers
Leading US hotel group Choice Hotels suffered a major breach of customer records after unnamed hackers gained access to an …
Breach Popular dating app leaked personal data of 1.5 million users
3Fun is a popular dating app that allows "local kinky, open-minded people" to meet and interact. It was recently found …
Equifax Equifax to pay up to £561m to settle multiple data breach complaints
US credit rating agency Equifax has reportedly agreed to pay up to $700m (£561m) to the Federal Trade Commission and …
Threats Privacy concerns dominate as FaceApp crosses 100 million installations
A large number of users and security experts from across the world have expressed concern over the privacy policies of …
Data leak London-based real estate agency fined £80,000 by ICO
The Information Commissioner's Office has issued a fine of £80,000 to London-based real estate agency Life at Parliament View Ltd …
News AMCA data breach affected 2.2m Clinical Pathology Laboratories patients
The massive data breach suffered by the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) between August 1, 2018 and March 30, 2019, …
News Motor industry employee fined £25,500 for personal data theft that lasted years
The Wood Green Crown Court in London has fined a former motor industry employee named Mustafa Kasim £25,500 under the …
News Hackers accessed Sprint subscriber accounts via Samsung website
US telecom services provider Sprint has informed customers that unknown hackers accessed their account details without authorisation via the Samsung.com …
News Unprotected MongoDB database found containing over 188m personal data records
Security researcher Bob Diachenko along with a team from Comparitech recently discovered a publicly-available database that contained nearly 188 million …
