95% pertain to pension schemes administered by outsourcing giant, says Barings Law The law firm that last month sent a Letter of Claim to Capita over a security breach in late March says it has signed up nearly 1,000 clients as it prepares a class action lawsuit aimed …
Says baddies launched attack at weekend, isolates parts of tech infrastructure to contain spread Norwegian mining and recycling giant TOMRA says it has isolated tech systems as it deals with an "extensive cyberattack."... [...]
Ditching it after a decade? Devs warn of the hours to correct documentation and chaos it'll cause Microsoft is causing a stir among some tech pros after confirming it plans to rename Azure AD to Entra.... [...]
Barings Law claims 250 people that 'suspect' data theft signed up to class action Capita is facing its first legal claim over the high profile digital burglary in late March that exposed some customer data to intruders and will cost the outsourcing biz around £20 million ($26 million) to …
No, the irony isn't lost on us either Capita, which is still dealing with a digital break-in that exposed customers' data to criminals, has scored a £50 million contract with the City of London police to run contact and engagement services for the force's fraud reporting service.... [...]
Crown Glazing and Maxen Power Supply fall foul of PECR Britain's data watchdog has slapped a financial penalty on two energy companies it claims were posing as third parties, including the National Grid and UK government, when making unsolicited marketing calls.... [...]
As for March megabreach? M&S and Guinness maker Diageo warn pension members about data risks The bad news train keeps rolling for Capita, with more local British councils surfacing to say their data was put on the line by an unsecured AWS bucket, and, separately, pension clients warning …
Colchester City Council says it and others caught up in new incident, reckons benefits data of local citizens exposed Capita is facing criticism about its security hygiene on a new front after an Amazon cloud bucket containing benefits data on residents in a south east England city council was …
USS says burgled biz reckons data on 470,000 'active, deferred and retired' members may have been accessed Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK’s largest private pension provider, says Capita has warned that details of almost half a million members were held on servers accessed during the recent breach …
Analyst says expense 'no small drop in ocean' but reputational damage could be 'far greater' Britain's leaky outsourcing behemoth Capita is warning investors that the clean-up bill for its recent digital break-in will cost up to £20 million ($25.24 million).... [...]
Weeks after outsourcer admits 'cyber incident' more warnings issued Capita is telling pension customers that some data contained within its systems was potentially accessed when criminals broke into the outsourcing giant's tech infrastructure earlier this year.... [...]
Admits criminals accessed 4% of servers from March 22 until it spotted them at month-end Business process outsourcing and tech services player Capita says there is proof that some customer data was scooped up by cyber baddies that broke into its systems late last month.... [...]
Officers didn't know software was saving personal data and neither did people on other end Several police forces in Britain are being put on the naughty step by the UK's data watchdog for using a calling app that recorded hundreds of thousands of phone conversations and illegally retained that …
Recruitment company fined £130,000 by data regulator for breaking PECR A recruitment business that sent out an eye watering 107 million spam emails is now nursing a £130,000 ($161,000) fine from Britain’s data watchdog.... [...]
ACRO says payment data safe, other info may have been snaffled ACRO, the UK's criminal records office, is combing over a "cyber security incident" that forced it to pull its customer portal offline.... [...]
'Serious breach of trust' says ICO, 'stakes too high' for mistakes in cases like this In a classic email snafu NHS Highland sent messages to 37 patients infected with HIV and inadvertently used carbon copy (CC) instead of Blind Carbon Copy meaning the recipients could see each other’s …
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Surely there won't be a third for roadside assistance biz A former employee of RAC, one of Britain's major roadside recovery service operators, has pleaded guilty to data theft after he stored traffic accident information on his personal device that was passed …
Portugal's biggest exporter of beer warns of restrictions to supply chain Super Bock Group, Portugal's largest beverage biz, is warning of potential interruption to supplies as it manages the fallout from cybercrooks attacking its tech infrastructure.... [...]
No payment details exposed in breach, says retailer, but shoppers told to be 'vigilant about potential scams' Sports fashion retailer JD Sports has confirmed miscreants broke into a system that contained data on a whopping 10 million customers, but no payment information was among the mix.... [...]
Social engineering helped intruders break into customers' inboxes again Email marketing service Mailchimp has confirmed intruders have gained access to more than 100 customer accounts after successfully deploying a social engineering attack.... [...]
Happy Friday 13th sysadmins! Techies find workarounds but Redmond still 'investigating' Techies are reporting that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint attack surface reduction (ASR) rules have gone haywire and are removing icons and applications shortcuts from the Taskbar and Start Menu.... [...]
Happy Friday 13th sysadmins! Techies find workarounds but Redmond still 'investigating' Techies are reporting that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint attack surface reduction (ASR) rules have gone haywire and are removing icons and applications shortcuts from the Taskbar and Start Menu.... [...]
Nice. They went after vulnerable people and folks over 60 who opted out of marketing calls Britain's data watchdog has slapped financial penalties totaling £435,000 (c $529,000) on five companies it says collectively made almost half of million marketing calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference …
Nefarious schemes included harvesting motherboard components and selling them back to Apple A one-time Apple employee working as a buyer within the iGiant's supply chain department has pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges spanning multiple years, ultimately costing the company $17 million.... [...]
Staff member bit on lure, ultimately exposed up to 113,000 colleagues' personal information Britain's data watchdog has slapped construction business Interserve Group with a potential £4.4 million ($4.98M) fine after a successful phishing attack by criminals exposed the personal data of up to 113,000 employees …