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Massive data breach hits 6,000 Indian organisations including govt offices, banks: Quick Heal 2017-10-01

Information from servers of more than 6,000 Indian enterprises was reportedly put up for sale on dark net in one of the biggest data breach reported in the country. Seqrite, the enterprise arm of IT security firm Quick Heal, came across an advertisement on dark net which claims to have access to data from over 6,000 Indian businesses including government organisations, internet service providers, banks and enterprises, said an IANS report.

Irish data police to probe Yahoo admission of 3bn email hack 2017-10-01

The Irish data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, says that her office is "determining the next steps" in investigating Yahoo.

Yahoo's credibility is in shreds but will our data protection chief act? 2017-10-01

The Irish data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, probably winced when Yahoo notified her office in 2016 of a 2014 security breach affecting 500 million people, then thought to be the biggest hack in history.

New data protection rules: How digital designers can avoid hefty fines 2017-10-01

Digital and creative businesses are urged to get to grips with the biggest overhaul of data protection law in a generation before new rules come into effect on May 25, 2018.

State surveillance: disturbing revelations 2017-10-01

Department of Justice has allowed a range of surveillance practices that are in clear breach of European law

Privacy International suggests improvements to the Data Protection Bill 2017-10-01

PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL has sent a missive to the house of Lords and Digital MP Matt Hancock with some recommendations for improving the UK Data Protection Bill. And we wish the group well.

CAN EQUIFAX'S OFFERINGS ACTUALLY PROTECT YOUR IDENTITY? 2017-09-30

NEWS ABOUT THE massive Equifax data breach has been unrelenting since the credit bureau publicly disclosed its lapse at the beginning of September.

Charities need help to get to grips with data protection changes 2017-09-29

A fifth of charities haven’t yet started to think about the biggest change in years to data protection. We want the government to step in

Ex-council worker fined for stealing vulnerable people’s personal information 2017-09-29

Nilesh Morar, an ex-employee of Leicester City Council, has been prosecuted at Nuneaton Magistrates’ Court for unlawfully obtaining personal data.

PayThink Breaches will continue until personal data is 'rendered worthless' 2017-09-28

Sonic is the latest merchant to suffer a data breaches, and another example of the consequences of marketwide inaction on security.