Reported cyber security breaches increase threefold for financial services firms Live! Cyber security breaches for UK financial services firms have increased threefold from the years of 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, with the highest – reportedly – being in the pensions sector. New research by the international law firm RPC shows that the amount of reports of cyber security breaches to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has increased [...]
Watchdog to warn tech leaders over data protection in AI Tech The UK's data watchdog chief is set to warn tech businesses that they must "bake in" data protection at every stage of developing artificial intelligence technologies in order to properly protect people's personal information.
FCA in data protection scandal over ‘intercepting and diverting’ emails FCA The Financial Conduct Authority is at the centre of a data protection scandal over a policy of “intercepting and diverting” emails of its staff to keep track of people “considered a nuisance”, according to reports. The UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, has concluded that the FCA had “infringed their data protection obligations” after [...]
British Museum faces investigation over hidden sacred Ethiopian artefacts April 1, 2024 The British Museum is facing an investigation from the information watchdog following claims it is hiding information about 11 sacred Ethiopian altar texts.
Hello Fresh whacked with £140k fine over millions of spam emails January 12, 2024 Hello Fresh has been whacked with a £140k fine for a campaign of 79 million spam emails and one million spam texts over a seven-month period.
FCA fines Equifax £11m for role in cyber breach October 13, 2023 Britain's financial watchdog (FCA) said on Friday it had fined consumer credit rater Equifax £11m for its role in "one of the largest" cyber-security breaches in history.
London-listed veterinary services firm CVS hit by cyber attack. Here’s everything we know so far April 8, 2024 It said after realising it was under attack CVS "took immediate steps to isolate the issue and, to prevent wider unauthorised access", taking its IT systems offline.
Executives ‘sleepwalking into cyber catastrophe’, warns cybersecurity boss August 10, 2023 The cyberattack on the Electoral Commission should “serve as a wake-up call to executives”, the boss of a cybersecurity firm has warned. Suid Adeyanju, chief executive of British cybersecurity company Riversafe, said an underestimation of the threat of cyberattacks meant executives were “sleepwalking into a cyber catastrophe”. His comments came after the Electoral Commission revealed [...]
Natwest to scrap Alison Rose bonus after Farage debanking scandal, bank to confirm November 10, 2023 Natwest is expected to scrap large parts of Alison Rose's bonus, according to reports, after the Farage debanking furore
Watchdog sorry for suggesting ex-Natwest boss Rose broke data rules over Farage ‘debanking’ scandal November 6, 2023 The UK's data watchdog has apologised to former Natwest chief executive Dame Alison Rose for suggesting that she was personally under investigation for breaching data rules in a "debanking" scandal involving Nigel Farage.