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NHS IT firm faces £6m fine over medical records hack

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Watchdog provisionally finds Advanced failed to act to protect data of 82,946 after ransomware attack in England A software provider faces being fined more than £6m over a 2022 ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services in England, the data protection regulator has announced. The Information …

Minister apologises for Northern Ireland special education needs data breach

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Paul Givan says details of 407 people mistakenly sent out included names, addresses and personal comments The education minister in Northern Ireland has “unreservedly” apologised after the personal details of more than 400 people who had offered to contribute to a review of special education needs were breached. The …

Israel tried to frustrate US lawsuit over Pegasus spyware, leak suggests

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Officials seized documents from NSO Group to try to stop handover of information about notorious hacking tool, files suggest The Israeli government took extraordinary measures to frustrate a high-stakes US lawsuit that threatened to reveal closely guarded secrets about one of the world’s most notorious hacking tools, leaked …

Australians affected by MediSecure hack may never know their personal details have been compromised

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Prime minister says ‘very significant cyber event’ still under investigation by federal police and he is ‘not aware’ if he is among the 12.9m victims Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The …

WA man set up fake free wifi at Australian airports and on flights to steal people’s data, police allege

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Investigation launched after airline reported a suspicious network popped up during a domestic flight in April Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A man has been charged after he allegedly set up fake …

Hacked London NHS hospitals data allegedly published online

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Cyber-attack earlier this month led to cancellation of almost 1,600 operations and outpatient appointments Data from a ransomware attack has allegedly been published online weeks after the attack halted operations and tests in major London hospitals, NHS England has said. A Russian group carried out the cyber-attack on …

US bans sales of Kaspersky antivirus software over Russia ties

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Washington says Moscow’s influence over company poses significant risk, as Kaspersky argues its activities do not threaten US security Joe Biden’s administration has banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its popular antivirus products in the US over national security concerns. “Kaspersky will generally no longer be …

Who are Qilin, the cybercriminals thought behind the London hospitals hack?

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Russian-speaking ransomware gang lets hackers use its tools in exchange for cut of proceeds A Russian-speaking ransomware criminal gang called Qilin is thought to be behind the cyber-attack on NHS medical services provider Synnovis, that halted tests and operations at hospital trusts to a halt and affected GPs across …

Ticketmaster hit by data hack that may affect 560m customers

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Cybercrime group ShinyHunters reportedly demanding £400,000 ransom to prevent data being sold Ticketmaster has been targeted in a cyber-attack, with hackers allegedly offering to sell customer data on the dark web, its parent company, Live Nation, has confirmed. The ShinyHunters hacking group is reportedly demanding about £400,000 …

Ticketek customer details exposed in cyber security breach

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Clare O’Neil says incident affecting many Australians but appears restricted to the release of names, dates of birth and email addresses Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Ticketek has been hit by a “cyber incident” with personal information of Australian customers …

Ticketek customer details exposed in cybersecurity breach

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Clare O’Neil says incident affecting many Australians but appears restricted to the release of names, dates of birth and email addresses Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Ticketek has been hit by a “cyber incident” with personal information of Australian customers …

Ticketmaster yet to confirm if data breach has occurred or if customers in Australia impacted

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The notorious ShinyHunters collective is claiming hack of personal details of 560 million global customers Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Ticketmaster is yet to confirm whether it has experienced a major data …

AFL players call for data protection overhaul as concerns include drug test results

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AFLPA want to protect medical records and performance data Port Adelaide players’ personal information was leaked last year A fear of illicit drug test results and psychologist session notes being leaked onto the dark web is helping drive a call from AFL players to improve data collection and storage …

MoD contractor hacked by China failed to report breach for months

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Exclusive: Defence ministry was told in recent days that staff details accessed but sources say SSCL knew in February The IT company targeted in a Chinese hack that accessed the data of hundreds of thousands of Ministry of Defence staff failed to report the breach for months, the Guardian …

UK armed forces’ personal data hacked in MoD breach

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Defence secretary to address MPs after names and bank details of armed forces members targeted by unnamed attacker The Ministry of Defence has suffered a significant data breach and the personal information of UK military personnel has been hacked. A third-party payroll system used by the MoD, which includes …

UK armed forces’ personal data hacked in MoD breach

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Defence secretary to address MPs after names and bank details of armed forces members targeted by unnamed attacker The Ministry of Defence has suffered a significant data breach and the personal information of UK military personnel has been hacked. A third-party payroll system used by the MoD, which includes …

No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK

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Makers of phones, TVs and smart doorbells legally required to protect devices against access by cybercriminals Tech that comes with weak passwords such as “admin” or “12345” will be banned in the UK under new laws dictating that all smart devices must meet minimum security standards. Measures to protect …

Change the law on computer evidence with an amendment to data protection bill | Letter

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A group of software experts and barristers who have been supporting the subpostmasters affected by the Post Office Horizon miscarriages of justice call for changes to the bill going through the House of Lords It is now clear that the Post Office was advised by its lawyers to delay …

Met police failed to act on Commons ‘honeytrap’ sexting reports last year

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The force has said there was nothing to suggest at the time that the messages were part of a wider pattern The Metropolitan police first had reports of unsolicited messages targeting a number of MPs, staff and journalists in Westminster last year, but officers failed to notify politicians. After …

William Wragg resigns from two Commons roles after divulging MPs’ phone numbers

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Tory MP resigns committee roles after apology for role in parliamentary sexting scandal The Conservative MP who divulged colleagues’ personal phone numbers to someone he met on a dating app as part of a parliamentary sexting scandal has stepped down from two Commons roles, it has been reported. William …

No 10 tells MPs to be cautious about unsolicited messages after attempted ‘honeytrap’

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Message comes as pressure builds on Tories to take disciplinary action against MP William Wragg UK politics – latest updates Downing Street has urged MPs to be cautious when responding to unsolicited messages, after the “spear-phishing” attack that targeted more than a dozen MPs, staff and journalists working in Westminster …

Tory MP Luke Evans reveals he was targeted in Westminster sexting scandal

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Evans says he was first to alert authorities after receiving messages in what is suspected to be part of wider attempt to target MPs A Conservative MP has revealed that he was targeted in the Westminster sexting scandal and was the MP that first alerted the authorities. Luke Evans …

An MP who gives colleagues’ numbers to blackmailers. Isn’t William Wragg just right for this Westminster? | Marina Hyde

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The ‘senior Tory’ has issued a self-flagellating apology, but we should see him as a child of this political age Where to start with Westminster’s latest scandal, which – without wishing to speculate on spoilers – I suggest you formally label as “developing”? Blowing his own cover in it is …

Senior Tory ‘mortified’ after reportedly passing MPs’ data to dating app contact

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William Wragg says he was pressed for colleagues’ details after sharing compromising photos of himself A senior Conservative MP has reportedly admitted to giving out the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a person he met on a dating app. William Wragg told the Times that he gave the …

Police launch inquiry after MPs targeted in apparent ‘spear-phishing’ attack

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At least a dozen people sent suspicious messages, with senior figures suggesting foreign state could be culprit A police investigation has been launched after MPs were apparently targeted in a “spear-phishing” attack, in what security experts believe could be an attempt to compromise parliament. A police force said it …

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