The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says charities and third sector organisations stand to benefit most from a data protection check-up. The privacy watchdog offers free day-long advisory visits that give small and medium sized ...
Tags: Data Protection, ICO, Computer Products
Cloud computing is an increasingly significant segment of the IT outsourcing sector, but has a tipping point really been reached or are we one large data breach away from an about-turn? The cloud currently represents only a fraction of ...
Tags: Cloud Driving, Computer Products, IT Outsourcing, Outlook
CSO - It happened more than three and a half years ago. So it presumably would be old news that Chinese hackers broke into soft-drink behemoth Coca-Cola's computer systems and stole confidential files relating to its effort to acquire the ...
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The FBI has arrested another suspected member of the now-defunct hacking group LulzSec in connection with a breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer systems. The 20-year-old Raynaldo Rivera surrendered to US authorities after a ...
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Data breaches in the UK across all sectors have increased an average of more than tenfold in the past five years, security firm Imation has uncovered. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) revealed the figures in response to a ...
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LinkedIn says the forensic investigation and other recovery costs of the data breach in June could have topped $1m. The professional social network confirmed that "some" of the stolen passwords posted online by a hacker correspond to ...
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The European Commission (EC) is considering making it mandatory for companies to report cyber attacks to harness the benefits of open dialogue, says vice-president Neelie Kroes. Despite industry opposition, open discussion about cyber ...
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The Ghost Shell group, an offshoot of the Anonymous hacking collective has published the log-in details from 1.6 million accounts. The credentials were stolen from a series of hack attacks on Nasa, the FBI, the European Space Agency and ...
The mother of hacker Gary McKinnon marked the end of a traumatic chapter of their lives when she give thanks to all those who helped their 10-year campaign against a US order for his extradition to face charges for hacking federal ...
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The hand of government is not all that heavy on businesses when it comes to notification requirements about data breaches that affect personal information. And it looks like it won't get much heavier, even if a bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. ...
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Global Payments, which back in the spring reported a data breach in which information associated with an estimated 1.4 million payment cards was stolen, has revealed that expenses associated with investigations, fines and remediation has ...
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e-Waste, LLC, an end-of-life technology waste management company located in Hudson, Ohio, has been selected by the Ohio Schools Council (OSC) to be the premier electronics recycling and data eradication company to represent a consortium of ...
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Approximately 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers belonging to South Carolina taxpayers were exposed after a server at the state’s Department of Revenue was breached by an international ...
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WinMagic Inc., the innovator in data security and encryption solutions, today announced it had been awarded a multi-country contract with one of the Big Four global Tax, Advisory and Audit firms housing over 140,000 employees globally. ...
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Essex County Council is to upgrade ICT services for 200,000 users in an 81m euros next generation network(NGN)contract that also aims to cut costs. The council awarded the NGN contract to Daisy Updata Communications Limited(DUCL),a joint ...
Tags: Essex County Council, PSN, ICT services, NGN contract, DUCL