ContiLeaks: Ransomware gang suffers data breach
By Varonis Conti, one of the most infamous, prolific and successful big game ransomware threats, has suffered yet another embarrassing leak with a treasure trove of both internal chat transcripts and source code being shared by a reported Ukrainian member. Having previously had their internal manuals and tools exposed by a disgruntled affiliate in August […]
50% of UK universities have reported data breaches in last 12 months
More than half of UK universities reported a data breach to the ICO in the last year, while 46% of all university staff received no security training and almost a quarter of institutions (24%) did not commission a penetration test from a third party. That’s according to research conducted by Redscan on the state of cyber security […]
How to manage, detect and respond to a data breach
Can you be 100% confident that your business has not been compromised? How would you know if the attacker has not used malware or a virus that would be picked up by the perimeter defences? Even when a compromise is identified, many companies aren’t sure what the next steps should be. It is the speed […]
NCSC outlines data breach roles
Data breach roles have been outlined to help victims of cyber incidents and form an improved approach between the UK’s technical authority for cyber threats and its independent authority for data protection. Speaking at the second day of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) annual conference CYBERUK, Chief Executive Ciaran Martin and Information Commission Office […]
Brits ‘more likely’ to change spending habits after a data breach
The consequences of a data breach have a greater impact in the UK versus the United States, according to new data. 41% of British consumers said they will stop spending with a business or brand forever following a data breach, compared to just 21% of US consumers. The research into consumer trust and spending habits […]
Morrisons staff sue over data breach
Grocery giant Morrisons is being sured by thousands of current and former employees in a class action over damages brought about from a data leak. The case at London’s High Court follows a breach of security in 2014, when a former senior internal auditor, Andrew Skelton, working at the retailer’s Bradford HQ, posted the payroll information […]
Retailer CeX suffers data hack
Tech trade-in retailer CeX has suffered a data breach, which could affect top to two million of its registered website customers. In an email to its customers, managing director David Mullins said it was investigating the breach “as a priority” and that they would be “taking a number of measures to prevent this from happening […]
The £1m cost of a data security breach
A new report by NTT Security has revealed that a UK business will spend more than £1 million recovering from a data security breach. The study of 1,350 non-IT business decision makers across 11 countries, 200 of which are from the UK, also reveals that respondents anticipate it would take, on average, almost three months […]
