3 d. ago Lawyers claim more than 1,000 people to join legal action against Marks and Spencer after customer data breach

Suit follows data breach that saw personal details of customers stolen by cyber criminals

Economics

3 d. ago South Ayrshire school meals data breach not reported to authorities

The Information Commissioner's Office say no report has been made about email featuring names and emails of parents applying for free school meals and clothing grants sent out to hundreds of recipients.

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7 d. ago Ministry of Defence to pay £1.6m compensation for Afghan data breach

The MoD has already been fined £350,000 over the breach, which saw the details of 265 people mistakenly copied into emails sent by the Government.

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9 d. ago Columbia student data stolen by politically motivated hacker, university says

A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing student records and causing widespread disruptions

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2 w. ago Facebook groups hit with 'mass suspensions' after Meta technical error

Meta is warning users that it has suspended thousands of Facebook Groups due to a technical error. The company says its working to fix the issue but has not shared what's causing the widespread suspensions

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2 w. ago Internet users advised to change passwords after 16bn logins exposed

Hacked credentials could give cybercriminals access to Facebook, Meta and Google accounts among othersInternet users have been told to change their passwords and upgrade their digital security after researchers claimed to have revealed the scale of sensitive information – 16bn login records – potentially available to cybercriminals.Researchers at Cybernews, an online tech publication, said they had found 30 datasets stuffed with credentials harvested from malicious software known as “infostealers” and leaks. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Parents warned to change passwords NOW as game popular with kids linked to 'mother of all data breaches'

Parents have been warned to change their passwords now a game popular with children is linked to the 'mother of all data breaches'.

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3 w. ago Apple, Facebook and Google password data breach as users warned to act now

Users are being warned to change their passwords immediately

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3 w. ago Data breaches: Has my Facebook, Apple, Google and Instagram password been leaked?

CyberNews researchers found 16 billion login details for a number of social media websites and online services have been leaked in what is the biggest ever data breach

Technology

3 w. ago Data breach: Hidden sign your Facebook, Apple or Google password could be leaked

A staggering 16 billion passwords linked to Apple, Facebook, and Google have been leaked in what is said to be one of the largest data breaches in history

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3 w. ago Data breaches LIVE: Google and Facebook users warned as 16 billion passwords leaked

Researchers say that the breach is one of the largest in history and have urged people to change their passports - with Apple, Facebook and Google users urged to change their passwords

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3 w. ago 'Change your password' warning as billions leaked from Apple, Google and Facebook

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered the largest data breach ever as hackers gather 'weaponisable' data, with information from Apple, Facebook and Google included

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3 w. ago Apple, Facebook and Google data breach as users warned to change passwords NOW

The colossal data breach is said to be one of the largest in history, with users of Instagram, Microsoft, Netflix, PayPal, Roblox, Discord, Telegram, and GitHub also affected

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3 w. ago 16 billion passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google leaked in largest ever data breach, and you should act now

The leak exposed 16 billion login credentials and passwords, prompting Google to tell billions of users to change their passwords

Technology

3 w. ago Apple, Facebook and Google passwords leaked as 16 billion exposed in monster data breach

Billions of passwords linked to Apple, Facebook, Google and more have been leaked in what experts call the biggest data breach ever

Technology

3 w. ago 16 billion passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked. Why has no one heard of it?

The leak exposed 16 billion login credentials and passwords, according to a researchers.

Technology

3 w. ago 'Mother of all data breaches' sees 16b Apple and Google passwords exposed: Change yours NOW

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered what they are calling the 'mother of all breaches.'

Politics

3 w. ago DNA testing firm 23andMe fined £2.3m by UK regulator for 2023 data hack

Information stolen from US company included details of 150,000 British residents including family treesThe genetic testing company 23andMe has been fined more than £2.3m for failing to protect the personal information of more than 150,000 UK residents after a large-scale cyberattack in 2023.Family trees, health reports, names and postcodes were among the sensitive data hacked from the California-based company. It only confirmed the breach months after the infiltration started and once an employee saw the stolen data advertised for sale on the social media platform Reddit, according to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office – which levied the fine. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago GCHQ intern jailed over data breach which risked exposing 17 colleagues

Manchester University computer science student Hasaan Arshad, 25, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act.

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