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Children’s names revealed in a Council data breach
Bristol City Council has distributed the details of families with disabled children without their permission. This was not really a data breach more a data giveaway as the Council simply sent out an email to people asking for comments on their services and all the email details were readable to …
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Twitter hack
High profile hacks are always going to make the mainstream news – add to that celebrities, influencers, Bitcoin and the fact the hackers netted about £80,000 before being closed down – then the Twitter hack was always going to make big headlines. Here is a link to the BBC article, …
Patient Covid-19 test results sent to businesses by mistake
NHS Orkney has sent confidential patient information, related to Covid-19 to local businesses by mistake. An investigation by the Trust says it was “administrative error” but to the patients concerned it would have been a breach of their privacy. The Trust has no idea who could have read – or …
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