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A UK Law firm has been fined £60,000 after data stolen during a 2022 cyber-attack was published on the dark web
Firm Failed to Close Outdated User Account, Waited 43 Days to Notify RegulatorsThe U.K. Information Commissioner's Office imposed a fine of 60,000 pounds against Liverpool-based law firm DDP Law for GDPR violations relating to a 2022 ransomware hack and data leak that exposed sensitive information including the details of its clients' cases.
Google has announced that it's retiring separate country code top-level domain names like google.co.uk or google.com.br and redirecting users to Google.com. [...]
DPP Law is appealing against data watchdog's conclusions A law firm is appealing against a £60,000 fine from the UK's data watchdog after 32 GB of personal information was stolen from its systems.…
Regulatory compliance and data protection were the biggest cybersecurity challenges cited by UK financial organizations, according to a Bridewell survey
A UK man has been sentenced to over eight years for masterminding £100m phishing platform LabHost
Spear-Phishing Campaign Used RomCom Malware VariantA phishing campaign wielding malware previously associated with Russian-speaking hackers targeted the U.K. Ministry of Defense in late 2024. It is unclear if the campaign is tied to a data leak of 600 armed personnel, civil servants, and defense contractors reported late last year.
UK holds onto oversight by a whisker, but it's utterly barefaced on the other side of the pond Opinion The UK government's attempts to worm into Apple's core end-to-end encryption were set back last week when the country's Home Office failed in its bid to keep them secret on national security grounds.…
Brit retailer says troubled breakup with tech platform of former US owner nearing conclusion Two of the top team behind Asda's £1 billion ($1.31 billion) tech divorce from US retail giant Walmart — which has seen a number of setbacks — are departing the company.…