New report shows over 325,000 internal and external fraud cases recorded in total in 2016, up from 321,092 in the previous year. Organisations successfully prevented £1.03 billion in fraud losses…
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Fraudsters are emptying bank accounts by diverting calls and text messages
Fraudsters are stealing large sums of money from victim’s bank accounts by taking control of their mobile phones and intercepting calls/texts messages sent by banks. Fraudsters are once again gathering…
30,000 London gun owners hit by Met Police 'data breach'
Who gave marketing agency access to super-sensitive address database? By Gareth Corfield London gun owners are asking questions of the Metropolitan Police after the force seemingly handed the addresses of…
Wonga data breach: how to protect yourself
Wonga has confirmed a data breach where up to 250,000 accounts have been compromised. The incident is now being investigated by the police and has been reported to the Financial…
Anger as US internet privacy law scrapped
Dave Lee North, America technology reporter US internet service providers will soon no longer need consent from users to share browsing history with marketers and other third parties. On Tuesday…
Google DeepMind's NHS deal under scrutiny
By Jane Wakefield, Technology reporter A deal between Google’s artificial intelligence firm DeepMind and the UK’s NHS had serious “inadequacies”, an academic paper has suggested. More than a million patient…