data breach

Poll: Should Data Breach Reporting Be Mandatory?

Keeping quiet when you've been hacked might not help anyone. But should companies be required by law to report when…

11 years ago

Businesses Consider Abusing ICO Data Breach Fine ‘Loophole’

Companies can avoid a data breach fine if they pretend they didn't know about the problem, TechWeekEurope understands

11 years ago

Why Coca-Cola Should Have Admitted It Was Hacked

Coca-Cola was reportedly hacked in 2009 and is still keeping quiet about it. Such reticence hurts all of us, says…

12 years ago

South Carolina Hit By Massive Data Breach

Hackers have stolen sensitive data on 3.6 million taxpayers from the US state of South Carolina, in the latest breach…

12 years ago

Massive Data Breach Hits Florida University

A data breach has compromised the identities of nearly 300,000 employees and students of Northwest Florida State College

12 years ago

IEEE Fesses Up To 100k Password Leak

Concerns over why IEEE was storing passwords in plain text and leaving them open to anyone for a month

12 years ago

ICO Dishes Out £250,000 Fine After Outsourcing Nightmare

Scottish council says it may appeal a massive fine for an outsourcer's recycling gaffe

12 years ago

Second Alleged LulzSec Sony Hacker Arrested

The Sony security saga rolls on with another arrest

12 years ago

The Only Way Is Out After Essex Data Breach

Joey Essex looks on in dismay...

12 years ago

Police To Investigate School Children’s Data Leak

An alleged hack attack sees children's data leaked online

12 years ago

LinkedIn: Password Breach Cost Us As Much As $1m

LinkedIn's password breach costs the firm a lot, but company claims damage was not significant

12 years ago

Health Trust Fined £175k After Website Gaffe

Torbay Care Trust says it is disappointed by the fine, but it will pay up

12 years ago

Back-Up Supplier Acronis Apologises For Data Leak

Acronis is investigating a data leak that saw customers' email addresses published on the Web

12 years ago

Financial Services Firm Slapped With £150,000 Data Breach Fine

Missing tapes at Welcome Financial Services results in a rare ICO fine for a private organisation

12 years ago

Belfast Health Trust Gets £225,000 Data Breach Fine

A Belfast Trust is lumped with a big fine but says the penalty won't harm patient care

12 years ago

ICO Fines Council £90k After Children’s Data Disclosed

Council is fined £90,000 for two separate breaches

12 years ago

Dating Website eHarmony Confirms Password Breach

Following hot on the heels of the LinkedIn password breach is the confirmation that eHarmony's customer passwords have also been…

12 years ago

Panic Over LinkedIn ‘6.5m Password Theft’

LinkedIn investigates claims millions of user passwords were stolen and posted online

12 years ago

NHS Trust Outraged By ICO £325,000 Data Breach Fine

NHS Trust says its appeals were ignored by the ICO, as it expresses dismay at the record data breach fine

12 years ago

NHS Trust To Appeal ICO Fine

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust says ICO has "acted incorrectly"

12 years ago

Configuration Errors Caused Utah Data Breach

A massive data breach in the US state of Utah was caused by a series of configuration mistakes during an…

12 years ago

Star Trek Game Developer Faces Wrath Of Khan After Data Breach

Players of Star Trek Online warned after personal details and payment information stolen in December 2010

12 years ago

NHS Hit With Its First Data Breach Fine

An NHS body in Wales gets hit with a £70,000 fine after sensitive data is sent to the wrong patient

12 years ago

Infosec: Information Commissioner Denies Private Sector ‘Pussyfooting’

The commissioner tells TechWeekEurope there is no bias towards the private sector, despite figures that would suggest otherwise

12 years ago

London Marathon Faces ICO Investigation

Marathon organisers posted runners' details on official website

12 years ago

Businesses Confidence In Data Security At Low Ebb

A new survey has revealed a chronic lack of confidence among businesses about their data protection

12 years ago

Hacker Exposes Three Million Iranian Bank Account Details

Iranian man posts debit and credit card details on his blog to highlight security vulnerabilities

12 years ago

Toshiba in Competition Data Breach

Toshiba's website fail leads to user info leaking and a breach of the Data Protection Act

12 years ago

GE Healthcare Admits Sending NHS Patient Data To US

NHS IT Provider says 600,000 patients have no need to worry

12 years ago

Eastern European Hackers Blamed For Utah Medicaid Data Breach

Hackers are thought to have taken 24,000 sensitive files from the Utah Health Department

12 years ago