Cybersecurity

Swan Retail cyber-attack woes continue

More than six weeks after hackers caused “significant disruption” to Swan Retail’s inventory management, order fulfilment and accounting systems, fashion retailers told Drapers the issues have still not been resolved. Sandersons Boutique owner and co-founder Mark Dransfield said the cyber-attack on Swan Retail, which occurred on 13 August, “has hugely affected” the business. “We are […]

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T-Mobile data breach exposes personal customer information

Telecommunications company T-Mobile has been accused of two data breaches – one caused by a “system glitch” that accidentally exposed the personal information of its customers and the other that allegedly exposed employee personal information. The data breach was recognized by customers on September 20, who noticed that, upon logging into the T-Mobile app, that […]

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Cyberattack causes St. Louis County to shut down some public safety computer servers

CLAYTON — A cyberattack caused St. Louis County to shut down some computer systems used to look up court cases, issue charges and process people in custody at the jail, County Executive Sam Page said Tuesday. Police officers, jail officials, the county counselor, municipal court officials and the prosecuting attorney’s office all use the Regional Justice […]

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Avoidable digital certificate issues fuel data breaches – Help Net Security

Among organizations that have suffered data breaches 58% were caused by issues related to digital certificates, according to a report by AppViewX and Forrester Consulting. As a result of service outages, 57% said their organizations have incurred costs upwards of $100,000 per outage. According to the Forrester study, “Enterprise organizations have traditionally been less focused […]

Cybersecurity

Norfolk and Suffolk police admit to data breach impacting 1,230 people

Two UK police forces have admitted to a data breach caused by a “technical error” that saw the personally identifying information of victims, witnesses and suspects mistakenly posted online following Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Norfolk and Suffolk police admitted on August 15 that the data of 1,230 people was included in files published to […]

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