This data breach is not due to ransomware or a cyber attack but it appears to be a simple mistake in controlling PII. University of Essex data breach being taken ‘very seriously’ – BBC News Nice to see the lawyers involved. No indication that the ICO is involved yet. Universities …
A new twist on cyber extortion – fake reviews
The telecoms company circle.cloud has had a large number of one -star reviews on Google – and now have received a request for payment to have them taken down! Telecoms firm hit by fake Google reviews blackmail scam – BBC News
Big Tech – should there be limits? UPDATED 26 April 2022
This post was first published on 23 April 2022 Here is a story from the EU that goes hand-in-hand with the UK Government’s Online Safety legislation: EU agrees rules to force big tech to rein in illegal content or face huge fines | European Union | The Guardian Update 26 …
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Actors against AI
We have run a few AI stories over the past months, here is another: Actors launch campaign against AI ‘show stealers’ – BBC News Star Wars has a reputation for using technology to resurrect actors such as Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin: Rogue One: Peter Cushing resurrected as Grand …
Are you one of the 15,000 organisations using Okta? UPDATED 22 April 2022
This post was first made on 24 March 2022 I wrote about this yesterday as it got caught up in Lapsus$/Microsoft story – but the network access company, Okta, has been compromised by Lapsus$: Hundreds of companies potentially hit by Okta hack – BBC News First Microsoft, then Okta: New …
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