MP Kemi Badenoch’s hack prank reminds us not to violate the CMA
Kemi Badenoch admitted to hacking another MP’s website as a prank, before she was elected. But while she may have been forgiven for the deed, it has flung the CMA back into headlines.
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It took Yahoo! two years to uncover one of the largest cyber breaches in history
Yahoo! users have made a wild dash to close their accounts after being warned that the fallout from one of the largest cyber attacks in history could spill beyond the internet giant’s services.
Yet again, the importance of securing data at source has been made obvious thanks to O2
The revelation that O2 customer data is now for sale on the dark web has brought the issue of mandatory data breach reporting firmly back into the spotlight – as well as the importance of setting secure defences.
How many of your employees could compromise your company in 14 days or less
By Dave Palmer
When we think of cyber security threats, we almost always visualise an outsider threat: a competitor, a hacker, or some other third-party adversary. However, when we look at the cyber security breaches that have done the most damage, we repeatedly see inside jobs as well— from the recent breach of Ashley Madison to Edward Snowden’s release of NSA records over two years ago.