One of New Zealand’s biggest mobile carriers has been blocked from using Huawei components in its 5G infrastruc…
ICO fines Uber £385k for 2016 breach cover-up, says company showed “complete disregard” for customer data
The UK’s data protection regulator has issued Uber with a £385,000 fine for failing to protect more than 2.5 mi…
Facebook denies “Russian entities” harvested user data in 2014
Facebook has denied claims its engineers found evidence in 2014 that “entities with Russian IP addresses”…
HSBC suffers mobile app outage amid Black Friday shopping spree
HSBC customers were left locked out of their mobile banking accounts earlier today during the height of the Black Fri…
Amazon refuses to reveal details of customer data disclosure
Amazon has confirmed that customers’ names and email addresses were exposed as a result of a technical error on…
Adobe patches “critical” Flash Player bug that could expose users to malware
Adobe has shipped a patch for a critical vulnerability affecting Flash Player on Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS.…
Home Office’s Ben Wallace rejects MPs’ call for cyber security minister
The security minister, Ben Wallace, has rejected a call for the creation of a ministerial position dedicated to cyber…
UK needs a dedicated cyber security minister to tackle “potentially devastating” threats, say MPs
MPs have called for the appointment of a dedicated cyber security minister to tackle the “potentially devastati…
France launches global cyber accord without support of US, China and Russia
The US, China and Russia have refused to lend their support to a new cyber security accord spearhead by the tech indu…
“Police won’t tell the ICO about data breaches if businesses report them,” says national cyber crime lead
Businesses should report cyber attacks, data breaches and fraud to the police or to the National Crime Agency (NCA), …