Pizza Hut Australia hack: data breach exposes customer information and order details
Company says it believes about 193,000 customers are affected by the breach, which it spotted in early SeptemberFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPizza Hut’s...
Greater Manchester police officers’ data hacked in cyber-attack
Details of ‘thousands’ of officers may have been taken by hackers after breach of third-party supplierThe details of thousands of Greater Manchester police officers have been hacked as part of a cyber-attack.The force said one of its third-party suppliers...
‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS
The government is about to award a £480m contract to build a vast new database of patient data. But if people don’t trust it, they’ll opt out – I know, because I felt I had toLast December, I had...
Twitter chaos after Elon Musk takeover may have violated privacy order, DoJ alleges
US Department of Justice questions compliance with FTC order on data security and privacy practicesElon Musk’s takeover of Twitter created a “chaotic environment” at the social media platform that may have violated a government order requiring an overhaul of...
Washington DC-based group targeted in apparent Pegasus hack
Citizen Lab discovers alleged attack using ‘zero-click exploit’ on individual employed by DC organizationAn individual employed by a Washington DC-based organization with international offices was targeted with powerful hacking software made by NSO Group, researchers have claimed, raising new...
Electoral Commission failed cybersecurity test in same year as hack
UK election watchdog admits it did not pass assessment in 2021, when voter data security was breachedThe Electoral Commission has admitted it failed a cybersecurity test in the same year that hackers successfully attacked the organisation.The UK’s elections watchdog...
TissuPath hack: patient data possibly exposed in cyber-attack on Melbourne pathology clinic
Company says it is investigating the potential exposure of referral letters, patient names, contact details and Medicare numbersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTen years worth of pathology referral letters may have been...
Met police on high alert after IT system holding officers’ details hacked
47,000 personnel warned of data leak risk after breach of contractor’s system, the Sun reportsThe Metropolitan police is on high alert after a security breach involving the IT system of one of its suppliers, the force said.Scotland Yard is...
Customer data used for unwanted romantic contact, UK poll shows
Almost one in three people aged 18-34 have been messaged by staff after giving personal details to a businessAlmost one in three people aged 18-34 have received unwanted romantic contact after giving their personal information to a business, a...
If there is a lesson from the NI police data breach it is not to forget the cruelty of the Troubles | Martin Kettle
The leak could undermine security in Northern Ireland – restoring power sharing is a political necessity at this momentHalf of the people who live in these islands have no adult memory at all of the Northern Ireland troubles. Too...
Norfolk and Suffolk police identify breach of personal data of 1,230 people
Personal information of people including victims of crime was included in freedom of information responses, forces sayThe personal data of more than 1,000 people, including victims of crime, was included in freedom of information (FoI) responses issued by Norfolk...
Document ‘from PSNI data leak’ posted on Belfast wall alongside threat
Document with names of police officers redacted placed beside a Sinn Féin office on Falls RoadA document purportedly from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) data leak has appeared on a wall in Belfast alongside a threatening message.The...
PSNI bosses’ blase attitude to data leak that has put my family at risk | Letter
A serving member of Police Service Northern Ireland on the sacrifices that have been made and the lack of support from the topI’m a serving officer with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, from a nationalist background in West...
PSNI data breach: 200 officers and staff not informed about theft for month
Police-issued laptop, radio and documents stolen from car in Northern Ireland on 6 July About 200 police officers and staff were not informed about the theft of devices and documents with data potentially affecting them for almost a month,...
AI could have bigger impact on UK than Industrial Revolution, says Dowden
Deputy PM says technology may aid faster government decisions – but warns of massive hacking risksArtificial intelligence could have a more significant impact on Britain than the Industrial Revolution, the deputy prime minister has said, but warned it could...
Almost US 900 Schools Breached Via MOVEit
National Student Clearinghouse reveals more details of incident
Don’t Get Burned by CAPTCHAs: A Recipe for Accurate Bot Protection
Traditional CAPTCHAs, such as reCAPTCHA, no longer protect online businesses adequately. Real users hate them. Bots bypass them. It's time to upgrade.
New Report Uncovers Three Distinct Clusters of China-Nexus Attacks on Southeast Asian Government
An unnamed Southeast Asian government has been targeted by multiple China-nexus threat actors as part of espionage campaigns targeting the region over extended periods of time.
"While this activity occurred around the same time and in some instances even simultaneously...
T-mobile exposes some customer data – but don’t call it a breach
PLUS: Trojan hidden in PoC; cyber insurance surge; pig butchering's new cuts; and the week's critical vulns Infosec in brief T-Mobile has had another bad week on the infosec front – this time stemming from a system glitch that...
Cisco Disrupts Observability & Cybersecurity Markets with Splunk Acquisition
Cisco's acquisition of Splunk benefits Cisco's ongoing b shift towards more software and subscription-based services, but will cause churn in the market,
