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Virgin Media data breach leaves 900,000 customer details exposed and accessible
Virgin Media has apologised after a data breach left the personal details of around 900,000 customers unsecured and accessible. The company said that the breach occurred after one of its... Read More
Cosmetic giant Yves Rocher hit by data leak exposing 2.5 million customers
Personal information belonging to customers of companies working with French retail consultancy Aliznet, including 2.5 million customers of cosmetic and beauty giant Yves Rocher, has been exposed in a data... Read More
Ex-AWS employee behind Capital One hack also infiltrated its cloud servers to mine crypto
The former AWS employee who allegedly hacked Capital One bank in July has been accused of breaching the bank's cloud servers to mine cryptocurrency. Paige Thompson - who went by... Read More
Biometrics platform used by UK police stored millions of unhashed fingerprints on unsecured database
An unencrypted Elasticsearch database containing millions of fingerprints, facial recognition information, unencrypted usernames and passwords, and personal information on employees has been discovered by researchers. The database belongs to Biostar... Read More
Only 11% of UK businesses have cyber insurance policy
Uptake of cyber security insurance in the UK is worringly low and placing millions of small businesses at risk, according to new research. Read More