Some University of Manchester students and staff have been receiving emails, warning them that their personal information will soon be disclosed, because the University has not responded to the criminal’s demands. University of Manchester: Students and staff sent data leak threat – BBC News The students and staff number about …
Stealing credit card details makes for an easy profit
Stealing credit card details is old hat – who remembers when we had to check on the carbon papers when cards were used? – but it still makes criminals money today. I have written a lot on how you should check out thoroughly your web designers as what they do …
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WordPress WooCommerce security issue
Keeping up with WordPress plugin security is something our web manager works very hard at for us and our clients – it is important. Read this to find out why: What do you know about your website? – CyberAwake As you can see this issue escalates when personal information and …
Another UK business has customer data stolen
This time it is the car retailer Arnold Clarke: Arnold Clark customer data ‘stolen in cyber attack’ – BBC News The data theft includes valuable ID information – copies of such documents as passports and driving licenses – as well as financial and personal data, all highly valued by threat …
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Just another Twitter cyber security story
Twitter is a rich source of cyber security and privacy stories at the moment. The BBC and The Guardian (itself in the middle of a cyber security incident at the moment) have updates on how much personal information, that was stolen from twit, twit, Twitter, is available on the dark …
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Facebook fined
Meta – the owners of Facebook – have been fined nearly £350m for the way they asked permission to use users personal information. The Irish Data Protection Commission found that Facebook had broken EU data protection laws, now Meta have three months to make fix things: Meta fined €390m over …
One of my trusted sources hit but a suspected ransomware attack UPDATED
This post was first published on 22 December 2022. Update 4 January 2023 The story has moved on and The Guardian has contacted the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to report the breach. Staff are still being told to work from home. No information about what data may have been impacted …
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