The Student Loans Company has been criticised by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for a series of data breaches relating to customer records.
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28 May |
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Three bank clerks employed by Lloyds Banking Group have been accused of stealing £2 million after installing a remote access device on a colleague's computer.
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25 Apr |
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The Bank of England is planning additional resiliency tests of security systems to ensure that UK banks can protect themselves against a growing cyber threat.
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23 Apr |
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Financial services firms plan to increase spending on cyber defences this year, as more become aware of the risks to the sector.
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17 Apr |
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US bank JP Morgan has increased its budget for cyber security in reaction to an "unprecedented" threat faced in the past two years.
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16 Apr |
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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport had its Twitter account ‘hacked' on Saturday, with rogue tweets targeting secretary of state Maria Miller.
Matthew Finnegan |
08 Apr |
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Banks must ensure that IT budgets are protected to defend against a growing cyber threat, European Union has warned.
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04 Apr |
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Big data analytics tools will be crucial to enterprise security as criminals deploy faster and more sophisticated attacks in attempts to steal sensitive data, according to security firm RSA.
Matthew Finnegan |
21 Mar |
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The London Borough of Camden has rolled out a big data and analytics platform from IBM to help cut costs by detecting and reducing fraud.
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21 Mar |
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Smartphone users will be targeted by ransomware attacks as cyber criminals shift focus from PCs to mobile devices, according to security firm RSA.
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20 Mar |
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Data from a staff payroll systems belonging to supermarket chain Morrisons has been stolen and published online, the company has confirmed.
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15 Mar |
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The head of Europol has warned against using public wi-fi for sending sensitive information such as online banking details, due to the risk of interception by hackers.
Matthew Finnegan |
08 Mar |
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Data published online by industrial firms could be used to mount a cyber attack against UK critical infrastructure, according to research published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Matthew Finnegan |
07 Feb |
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A Bank of England-led exercise aimed at testing the resilience of UK banks' cyber defences has highlighted concerns over information-sharing during a real life attack.
Matthew Finnegan |
06 Feb |
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Financial institutions face a "significant" and growing cyber threat, as hacktivists and criminals attempt to manipulate markets with distributed denial of service attacks, according to a report.
Matthew Finnegan |
05 Feb |
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