Four things to do if easyJet breach has put your personal details at risk

EasyJet customers who know – or think – their data has been put at risk should change passwords, check credit card statements and be on the lookout for fake refund emails, experts say.  The email addresses and travel details of 9million easyJet customers were compromised between mid-October 2019 and 4 March, the budget airline revealed on … Read more

Mysterious data breach called ‘db8151dd’ exposed email, physical address, job titles of 22M people

Mysterious data breach called ‘db8151dd’ exposed email, physical address and job titles of 22 MILLION people – but no one knows exactly where the records came from A public server contained more than 100 million records on 22 million people Data included full names, email addresses, phone numbers, job titles and more Security researchers were … Read more

Holly Willoughby blasts man for coronavirus lockdown breach

  ‘He really, really shouldn’t have done that’: Holly Willoughby blasts ‘stupid’ man after he visited his wife’s elderly mother, 74, during lockdown By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 17:47 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 18:17 BST, 12 May 2020 Holly Willoughby blasted a ‘stupid’ man for visiting his wife’s 74-year-old mother during the … Read more

Indian officials force 10 tourists to write ‘sorry’ 500 times after caught in coronavirus breach

Ten foreigners who broke a coronavirus lockdown in an Indian town made famous by the Beatles, were forced to repent by writing ‘I am so sorry’ – 500 times, officials said Sunday. The nationwide lockdown was imposed near the end of March, with residents permitted to leave their homes only for essential services such as … Read more

Marriott reveals the personal information of 5.2 MILLION guests were exposed in major data breach 

Marriott reveals the personal information of 5.2 MILLION guests were exposed in major data breach Marriot announced it has fallen victim its second data breach in two years Approximately 5.2 million guests have been exposed in the event Their names, account information and other details were accessed  Login credentials of two employees at a franchised … Read more

Met Police Federation wants parents to be fined if teenage children breach coronavirus lockdown

Met Police Federation wants parents to be fined if teenage children breach coronavirus lockdown as forces seek wider powers to enforce government rules Head of Met Federation Ken Marsh wants to roll out fines for parents of teens He said London could become difficult to police in 3 or 4 days if virus surges The … Read more

Data breach: FCA accidentally publishes personal information on its website

Thousands of names, telephone numbers and addresses leaked online by the FCA after it accidentally publishes them on its website Nearly 2,000 people who complained about the FCA had their details published The FCA admitted it should not have left them on its website Details included names as well as addresses and telephone numbers By … Read more

Data breach fines set to rocket after limit is lifted 

Data breach fines set to rocket after limit is lifted By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 Penalties handed out to companies for customer data breaches could soon soar – with some potentially hitting hundreds of millions of pounds, legal experts say. … Read more

Samsung admits it suffered a data breach that exposed the details of 150 users

Samsung admits it suffered a data breach that exposed the details of 150 users following a ‘technical error’ Samsung confirmed the leak of 150 users’ personal information to The Register   Comes less than a week after thousands received a bizarre ‘1’ notification   It is believed the two events are separate and completely unrelated   Samsung says users … Read more

Facial recognition software company reveals it was security breach exposing its entire client list

Clearview AI, the facial recognition company that’s been used by more than 600 law enforcement agencies around the country, reveals security breach that exposed details of ALL its clients Clearview AI sent a statement to customers alerting them to a security breach The intruders accessed the company’s full client list and number of searches The … Read more