Blogs M&S finally gets up off the mat The retailer's return to normal after 15 weeks is an example of why you can't skimp on security, says Jason Walsh 15 Aug
Life Data protection complaint filed against European Parliament Brussels deals with own GDPR violation 22 Aug
Pro HubSpot reports nearly 50 customer accounts compromised Company stays tightlipped on details of breach 5 Jul
Pro Pure Storage comes forward as early victim of Snowflake-linked attacks Company tightlipped over when breach occured 13 Jun
Blogs Security starts on the inside When we talk about cyber security we tend to concentrate on hacking over similarly effective inside jobs, says Jason Walsh 10 Nov
Pro Electric Ireland contacts thousands of customers amid data breach fears Account holders told contact company and banks separately 9 Nov
Pro Two thirds of Irish business leaders expect to suffer security breach Insecure user interfaces cited as top security risk 3 Nov
Pro Toyota discovers five-year-old e-mail leak, customers at risk of phishing attacks Security experts have said the company has no way of knowing whether the e-mails were accessed 11 Oct
Life Meta notifies around 1m Facebook users of potential compromise through malicious apps The vast majority of apps targeting iOS users appeared to be genuine apps for managing business functions such as advertising and analytics 10 Oct
Pro Hacker steals $566m from Binance Bridge using proof-forgery exploit An exploit discovered in the exchange platform's proof verifier let the hacker take 2m BNB without raising alarm bells 7 Oct
Pro Uber hacked via basic smishing attack The self-taught hacker impersonated an IT worker to gain an Uber employee's password, obtaining broad access to internal systems and posting taunting... 16 Sep
Pro Portugal government cyber attack allegedly leaks “hundreds” of classified NATO documents Reports suggest classified files were lifted by specially designed bots and have now been found for sale online 8 Sep
Life Instagram slapped with €405m GDPR fine over breaches The social media platform becomes the third Meta-owned company to be hit with privacy penalty 6 Sep
Life TikTok refutes allegations of a massive security breach The alleged hack compromised account details of over 2bn TikTok users 6 Sep
Pro Samsung confirms it was hit by a data breach The security incident exposed customers’ personally identifiable information 6 Sep
Pro LastPass breach: CEO says ‘no evidence’ of customer data being stolen The company said the incident was confined to a single developer account and its associated environment 26 Aug
Pro Block accused of mishandling data breach affecting 8.2m users Class-action lawsuit claims the company took too long to inform customers and failed to provide a sufficient explanation for the breach 25 Aug
Life Plex confirms passwords, e-mails stolen in “limited” breach The video streaming giant is requiring all users to reset their passwords in case the stolen hashed passwords can be cracked 25 Aug
Pro Signal confirms 1,900 of its users were hit by Twilio breach Last week's phishing attack on Twilio has exposed phone numbers exposed and compromised user accounts 16 Aug
Pro Cisco Talos confirms data breach after ransomware gang ‘forces’ incident disclosure The attack has been attributed to an initial access broker linked to LAPSUS$ and the Yanluowang ransomware groups 11 Aug
Trade T-Mobile to pay $350m to settle class action lawsuit The news follows a breach that exposed the personal data of over 40m customers in 2021 27 Jul
Trade Price hike for consumers as data breach costs rocket to all-time high Report from IBM Security finds that 60% of organisations have raised product or service prices post-breach 27 Jul
Pro Former Shiseido staff say company aware of data breach weeks before reporting Fake companies were created using the stolen identities of hundreds of Shiseido employees, former staff claim 20 Apr
Pro T-Mobile allegedly tried to buy leaked data from a hacker forum for $200k The stolen information was still up for sale long after payment, court papers suggest 13 Apr
Pro Okta confirms investigation into alleged Lapsus$ security breach Hackers claim to have had full access to the back end of identity and authentication provider for at least two months 22 Mar
Pro Meta hit with €17m fine over multiple GDPR breaches The social media giant set aside over €1bn in November to help it cope with potential fines arising from data protection investigations 16 Mar
Pro GoDaddy data breach exposes more than 1.2m customers’ details Attacker had access to admin passwords for over two months 23 Nov
Pro 83% of critical infrastructure companies have experienced breaches in the last three years Survey finds security practices are weak if not non-existent in critical firms 12 Nov
Life Coinbase notifies 6,000 customers of data breach Hackers exploited a 2FA flaw to steal hundreds of thousands in cryptocurrency 4 Oct
Pro T-Mobile confirms data breach The US operator has not yet determined if there is any personal customer data involved 17 Aug
Pro Data breach costs surge to record high in 2021 Healthcare breaches by far the most costly, says IBM Security report 29 Jul
Life LinkedIn denies data breach that reportedly exposed 700m user records Report claims 'breach' led to profiles belonging to 92% of LinkedIn users being put up for sale on a popular hacker forum 30 Jun
Life Ikea fined €1.1m for spying on employees Privacy experts slam the fine as a 'slap on the wrist' and say the retailer could have faced much harsher consequences under GDPR 16 Jun
Pro Air India cyber attack exposes 4.5m customers’ data Breach involved personal data registered over a 10-year period including credit card, passport and date of birth information 24 May
Pro HSE hackers targeted multiple healthcare orgs – FBI Conti team hit 400 organisations worldwide 24 May
Pro Deadline day comes for HSE data dump Hackers threaten to start releasing masses of patient information 24 May
Radio HSE hacked: The story so far A timeline of the week's events what what organisations can do to stay safe 21 May
Pro Colonial Pipeline confirms $4.4m payment to DarkSide hackers Experts view the CEO's candidness about the hack as a benefit to the cyber security industry 20 May
Pro Equifax’s data breach disaster: Will it change executive attitudes toward security? Embarrassing breach will cost billions and any organization that profits from consumer data should take notice 24 Jul
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