Well it was pretty obvious that the outcry by cyber security and privacy experts around the world, against Microsoft’s proposal to include an automatic function to screenshot your computer every few seconds, to produce a searchable record of EVERYTHING you have done on your computer, was a bad idea. Don’t …
What happens when a third party you rely has cyber issues?
In the case of a number of major London hospitals you start cancelling operations and appointments for patients and critical test results are delayed. Cyber-attack on London hospitals declared critical incident – BBC News Among those impacted because they work with Synnovis – a provider of pathology services – are: …
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We have seen this before – too many times
A search through the Smart Thinking archives will return many examples of organisations – often councils – accidentally publish or email sensitive information. Here is another: Lewisham Council published residents’ details on website – BBC News In this case the information was on the website for 11 months before the …
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Because It’s Friday – Motorway Driving
I am in Scotland this week, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ayr, for work so my life contains a lot of motorway driving. That reminded me of this BBC archive video, from Blue Peter in 1965, of what motorways were like when they were first built. How many of you used to …
Email problems in the Channel Islands
Guernsey’s Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan has published a report showing that the leaking of personal data on the island has risen. More than 1,000 people affected by data breaches – BBC The Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) says over 1500 people have been impacted. The reported stated …
