I have helped organisations prepare for the worse with incident response and business continuity plans. I have however never suggested that post incident they should forcibly change their terms and conditions to avoid being sued! Following a breach that has exposed the data nearly seven million users, 23andMe is doing …
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Cyber Attack on the British Library. At the moment a spokes person for the British Library is reporting this as a “cyber incident” that took place over the weekend. The authorities, including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are investigating. There are no details at the moment as to whether …
Another Police Force with a Data Leak
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 …
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 Trusts hit by a cyber attack on a software vendor
Ortivus is a Swedish based provider of cloud based software for the health industry. Since 18 July it has been investigating a cyber security incident which has impacted a number of its services. These include the patient and transport information solution used by South Western Ambulance Service Trust and South …
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Why you need be honest if you are hacked
This did happen in the United States, but it is a warning tale for all senior managers and board members – you are responsible. Ex-Uber security chief sentenced over covering up hack – BBC News Your Takeaway My Ransomware Primer includes sections on what your incident response plan should look …
Business continuity – Cyber breaches take time to fix
Why is a business continuity plan a good idea? Here’s why -the Acro Criminal Records Office is still facing disruption following the cyber security breach last month. Criminal Records Service still disrupted 4 weeks after hack – BBC News Your takeaway from this is that a well funded government resource …
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