Data

Videogame studio says the data of up to 350,000 people was likely to have been compromised in a Ragnar Locker ransomware attack

The threat of identity theft via a data breach is heightened with the rise of attacks where ransomware threat actors both encrypt and ransom, and exfiltrate and leak their victims’ data. How does this evolution in cybercrime heighten risk for the enterprise, and what steps can we take to safeguard the personal data we hold?

Privacy campaigner the Open Rights Group claims the advertising technology industry is systematically breaching the GDPR, and the ICO is doing nothing about it

Banks face a data protection conundrum when considering how best to intervene in helping customers manage interlinked money and mental health issues.

Recent findings by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in relation to credit reference agencies' data practices will impact thousands of businesses that rely on data brokers and also provide insights on how the authority interprets core provisions of data protection law.

Ticketmaster has been fined £1.25 million over a 2018 data breach which saw the payment details of millions of people compromised, with tens of thousands of cards subjected to known fraud.

HUMAN error was the critical factor in a data breach which led to the publication online of the personal details of more than 18,000 people in Wales who had tested positive for coronavirus, an investigation has concluded.

‘Anybody who has made a hotel booking with these major hotel reservation platforms since 2013 is potentially at risk,’ says digital privacy expert

A Guernsey-based law firm has been fined £10,000 after sharing "highly confidential and sensitive" information.

Cyber criminals have stolen data on 46 million Animal Jam player accounts via a third-party attack

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491980/Online-kids-game-Animal-Jam-confirms-large-breach