By Leo Kelion A company that offers pregnant women and new parents health advice and gifts, faces a fine for illegally sharing more than a million people’s personal data with…
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Ticketmaster 'warned of hack attack in April by Monzo'
Ticketmaster was warned in April that it had been the victim of a hack attack, digital bank Monzo has claimed. Ticketmaster had previously said it did not know about the…
Ticketmaster admits personal data stolen in hack attack
Ticketmaster has admitted that it has suffered a security breach, which the BBC understands has affected up to 40,000 UK customers. Malicious software on third-party customer support product Inbenta Technologies…
Gloucestershire Police fined for abuse victims' data breach
Gloucestershire Police has been fined £80,000 for revealing identities of child abuse victims in a bulk email. An officer involved in an investigation into non-recent allegations sent an update on…
Yahoo fined £250,000 over cyber-attack
Yahoo’s UK arm has been fined £250,000 ($335,000) by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over a data breach affecting more than 500 million users which took place in 2014.…
Power plants with crap cyber security will pay up to £17m
Problem: they can’t pay like banks can… By Kat Hall Plans to fine Britain’s national utilities and infrastructure providers £17m for shoddy cyber security will be at the forefront of…