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Hackers steal customer data from Europe’s largest parking app operator

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Owner of RingGo and ParkMobile says data including parts of credit card numbers taken in cyber-attack Europe’s largest parking app operator has reported itself to information regulators in the EU and UK after hackers stole customer data. EasyPark Group, the owner of brands including RingGo and ParkMobile, said …

Customer data used for unwanted romantic contact, UK poll shows

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Almost one in three people aged 18-34 have been messaged by staff after giving personal details to a business Almost one in three people aged 18-34 have received unwanted romantic contact after giving their personal information to a business, a UK poll has shown. The Information Commissioner’s Office …

Cumbria police admit huge breach of data of officers and staff

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Exclusive: Accidental publishing of names and salaries happened in March and follows scandal over PSNI leak Another British police force has experienced a huge breach of the data of all its officers and staff, the Guardian has learned. Cumbria police has admitted accidentally publishing the names and salaries of …

Northern Ireland police chief urged to consider position over data breach

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DUP MP Sammy Wilson says serious questions must be asked at highest level of PSNI amid fears over safety of officers The head of policing in Northern Ireland has been urged to consider his position over the mass breach of officers’ data amid warnings that terrorists could use the …

Northern Ireland police data breach is second in weeks, force reveals

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Admission that document with names of 200 staff was stolen in July follows revelation of ‘monumental’ data breach on Tuesday The Police Service of Northern Ireland has admitted that this week’s “monumental” data breach followed an earlier leak of names of hundreds of officers and staff, deepening a …

Electoral Commission and PSNI data breaches: what we know so far

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Russia named as likely culprit in cyber-attack on election watchdog, while police service accidentally publishes staff details The UK election watchdog and Northern Ireland’s police service both announced serious data breaches on Tuesday, in the latest example of the vulnerability of personal details to hacks and human error …

Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters’ data

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Names and addresses of 40 million registered voters were accessible as far back as 2021 after cyber-attack Confidence in the UK’s electoral regulator has been thrown into question after it emerged a hostile cyber-attack accessing the data of 40 million voters went undetected for a year and the …

Outsourcer Interserve fined £4.4m for failing to stop cyber-attack

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Watchdog says phishing email enabled hackers to steal personal information of 113,000 employees Britain’s data watchdog has fined the construction group Interserve £4.4m after a cyber-attack that enabled hackers to steal the personal and financial information of up to 113,000 employees. The attack occurred when …

Cabinet Office fined £500,000 over New Year honours list data breach

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Regulator says safety of hundreds of individuals was jeopardised after their addresses were posted online The Cabinet Office has been fined £500,000 by the UK’s data watchdog after the postal addresses of the 2020 New Year honours recipients were disclosed online. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO …