Data leak
Human factor How can gossip impact a data breach?
Dr Sandra Bell, Head of Resilience Consulting, Sungard Availability Services, explains how dysfunctional behaviour during response and recovery can be …
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 Chinese smart home device maker leaked over 2 billion data records
Orvibo, a Chinese smart home solutions provider, recently left a huge database unprotected that contained over 2 billion user logs …
Information security Cybercrime in a post-Brexit era: Will hackers exploit our political turmoil?
Dr. Guy Bunker, CTO at Clearswift, discusses the impact Brexit has had on attitudes towards cyber security spending. In the …
Threats 42% of used SSDs and HDDs sold on eBay contain PII & enterprise data
With a large number of organisations choosing to store vast amounts of enterprise and customer data on cloud databases rather …
Threats Two-thirds of hotel websites leaking guest details to third-party services
Thousands of hotel websites across the world, from those of two-star hotels in the countryside to luxurious five-star resorts on …
News Home Office leaked email addresses of hundreds of Windrush migrants
The Home Office has issued a public apology for committing an "administrative error" that resulted in the leakage of email …
News Fifa’s documents leaked to the press
A series of disclosures about "dirty deals" at FIFA continue. The documents contain evidence that FIFA President Gianni Infantino supported …
News EasyDNS spam tsunami to come
EasyDNS reported that there has been an accidental leakage of personal data which has affected about 1,500 domain owners. Data …
News myPersonality app on Facebook finally gets the boot
Back in May, an investigation carried out by New Scientist revealed that a personality quiz app named myPersonality obtained personal …
News Who are Fancy Bears? Fancy Bear vs Fancy Bears, what’s the difference?
A hacker group going by the name Fancy Bears has claimed responsibility for leaking details of 150 footballers who were …
News Swedish Transport Agency data breach compromised personal data of millions of citizens
In a major lapse, the Swedish Transport Agency leaked sensitive details of millions of transporters and military personnel to unauthorised …
