Following the data loss and breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Norfolk and Suffolk Police forces, the London Metropolitan Police has reported a data breach. Met Police investigating suspected data breach – BBC News An investigation is underway at one of its suppliers into unauthorised …
The PSNI catch their man
There is some good news from the recent data breaches at the Police Service of Northern Ireland. A man has been found in possession some of the stolen data and has been charged with the serious offences relating to terrorism. PSNI data breach: Man charged over documents linked to FoI …
UK Electoral Commission drag their feet…
A vast amount of data about UK citizens has been stolen from the UK Electoral Commission in a data breach, but it has taken them some time to let the public know they lost control of it: Public notification of cyber-attack on Electoral Commission systems What data has been compromised? …
NHS Data Breach – Trust or trust?
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest in the country – and it’s cyber security has been breached by the BlackCat ransomware gang. Some of the data has already been leaked as a “proof of breach” to the Trust and to the members of staff whose data, held …
What happens when a company leaks data?
Of course the company reports the data security mistake to the Information Commissioner’s Office and takes whatever steps are necessary to fix the problem. They then probably release a press statement explaining how their client’s data security was not impacted by their breach and credit card details etc are safe. …
