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NEW: We have fined Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd, a software supplier to the NHS and healthcare, £3.07 million following a ransomware attack.
ALT “People should never have to think twice about whether their medical records are in safe hands. Today’s decision is a stark reminder that organisations risk becoming the next target without robust security measures in place.” John Edwards Infromation Commissioner
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NEW: We’re investigating how TikTok, Reddit and Imgur use UK children’s personal information.
Read more: ico.org.uk/release03032025
ALT A young girl with curly hair is sat on a sofa playing on a phone. There are icons around her of different images being recommended to here and a tick to show which one's she has enjoyed to represent recommender systems.
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New research shows at least a million inexpensive Android devices—from TV streaming boxes to car infotainment systems—are compromised to allow bad actors to commit ad fraud and other cybercrime. wired.com/story/1-million-th…
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Chinese Botnet Bypasses MFA in Microsoft 365 Attacks infosecurity-magazine.com/ne…
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Southern Water says Black Basta ransomware attack cost £4.5M in expenses - @billtoulas
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Why is Apple removing its data protection tool and what does it mean for UK users?
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What is an encryption backdoor? tcrn.ch/41fJ5zb
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🚨New fraud alert🚨
⚠️Action Fraud has received over 4,000 reports of suspicious emails relating to the winter fuel payment and other winter support schemes.
✅ Received a suspicious email? Report it by forwarding the email to: [email protected]
#ReportThePhish
@NCA_UK
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BREAKING: Internal #DeepSeek database publicly exposed 🚨
Wiz Research has discovered "DeepLeak" - a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek, exposing highly sensitive information, including secret keys, plain-text chat messages, backend details, and logs.
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Blacon High School in Chester has cancelled classes following a #ransomware attack disrupting its network. Will students return soon, or are more closures ahead? Find out the latest developments. bit.ly/42jPpH2
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A breach of a data broker’s trove of location data threatens the privacy of millions tcrn.ch/4jgAsvh
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Exclusive | Millions of users of popular apps such as Vinted, Spotify, Candy Crush and Tinder may have had their sensitive location data stolen
🔴 @richard_Aholmes reports
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New details reveal how hackers hijacked 35 Google Chrome extensions - @billtoulas
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“Businesses do not have free rein to use fingerprinting as they please.”
We’ve published a blog to respond to Google’s announcement that organisations that use their advertising products will no longer be prohibited from using fingerprinting techniques. ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/med…
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“...it’s making me feel suicidal...”
We have fined two companies that, combined, made millions of nuisance calls to people, already signed up to the Telephone Preference Service (TPS), causing distress, upset and anxiety.
Read more about our action: ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/med…
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Russian #hackers have stolen passwords of nearly 600 UK Ministry of Defence employees, leaking them onto the #darkweb. Could this #breach pave the way for espionage and #blackmail? Learn more about the potential risks. bit.ly/49lw1uC
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Smart devices slide seamlessly into our everyday lives and collect more of your personal information than other products to function.
We’re sharing some of our top tips to keep your personal information safe when buying smart products this Black Friday 👇 ico.org.uk/for-the-public/on…
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It only took a nine minute phone call to sign Barbara up to insurance policies she didn't need.
@TheTimes listened into the real and disturbing cold-call Barbara received: thetimes.com/business-money/…
So far we have issued £1,570,000 in fines to predatory marketing companies.
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Kids' shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info go.theregister.com/feed/www.…
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The stolen database contains 54 million unique email addresses and 'lightly encrypted' credit card information for 25 million users, which can be decrypted, according to Atlas Privacy. pcmag.com/news/hot-topic-bre…