It's not as easy to scrape personal data as researchers claim, says Facebook
The ICO's annual report found a 58 per cent increase in data breaches by private companies.
Dumfries & Galloway Council put personal details for 900 staff members on a website
A new report has revealed the poor state of security within the US federal government
The US federal government has launched new systems to protect classified government documents
The Linux Kernel site was given the bumps on its 20th birthday when hackers broke in to plant a Trojan
Anonymous continued its AntiSec rampage, targeting US defence contractor Vanguard's documents
Lush Cosmetics avoided an ICO fine for a recent security breach but had to pay for an expensive redesign
Privacy policies need revamping for cloud, location-based services, security breaches and new regulations
Anonymous releases information stolen from Monsanto as the US Senate addresses cyber-security issues
Travelodge has informed the ICO of an 'issue' that resulted in the apparent compromise of customer emails
A study has found that 90 percent of organisations suffered a security breach in the past 12 months
The Office of National Statistics is scrambling to check if Lulzsec has the details of every person in the UK
A Japan-based Bitcoin exchange is planning to return to service 'soon' following a security incident
Lulzsec has offered to help investigate the breach, in which personal data on 1.3 million Sega Pass users was stolen
Hacktivists Lulzsec overloaded the CIA's website on Wednesday, as part of continuing protests
Researchers for London Health Programmes have lost unencrypted records of 8.63 million NHS patients
Surrey County Council has been fined £120,000 for sending sensitive data to taxi firms, among other breaches
Security vendor warns that antivirus and intrusion prevention are not enough to stop cyber-attackers
The Playstation hack and the Japanese earthquake contribute to an expected £2 billion loss
LinkedIn's user profiles are vulnerable to a 'session management nightmare', an Indian researcher says
The US government's plans to secure infrastructure look good, says Peter Judge. Maybe Britain can learn a thing or two…
Sony's lack of attention to security raises an argument for governments to set minimum standards like the PCI-DSS rules, says…
Sony blamed Anonymous for the Playstation cyber attack - but the group says it was not involved
Sony has sprung into action to win back the esteem of the customers betrayed by its poor security regime. Too…
The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating Sony's data breach to see if there is a case to be answered
A European survey on the economic costs of almost 73,000 lost or stolen laptops puts the bill into billions
Information Commissioner tells a teacher off for losing a laptop, but critics say this is not enough
Epsilon and Alliance Data must say how many customers were affected by the recent massive data breach