The following are key thoughts and actions Comsure walked a client through after a recent data breach Report data violations promptly in line with data protection laws and regulatory responsibilities  there should be accountability and data security should be a priority. Implement controls and safeguards to mitigate the risks  for example, by promoting a security […]

  British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems. The airline, owned by IAG, says it was “surprised and disappointed” by the penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). At the time, BA said hackers had carried out a “sophisticated, malicious criminal attack” on its website. […]

Thousands of websites are being hit by cyber-thieves who implant code to scoop up payment card numbers, research suggests. Security giant Symantec found more than 4,800 websites were being hit by these “form-jacking” attacks every month. High-profile victims of these attacks include airline BA and Ticketmaster. Online crime groups had turned to the attacks as […]

The way Facebook interacts with users is “unfair, deceptive and misleading”, according to a complaint lodged with US regulators. The Federal Trade Commission was told the company had failed to protect the privacy of those in patient health and other groups. Some users may have been exposed to “life-threatening privacy violations”, the complaint says. Facebook […]

DATA Protection Week 2019 got under way with a stark warning that every organisation will at some point suffer a data breach. The Jersey Opera House was the venue for the opening conference, which was organised by the Jersey Data Protection Association, the Office of the Information Commissioner and the States of Jersey and sponsored […]

HSBC has said some of its US customers’ bank accounts were hacked in October. The lender said that the perpetrators may have accessed information including account numbers and balances, statement and transaction histories and payee details, as well as users’ names, addresses and dates of birth. The BBC understands the firm believes that fewer than […]

Cathay Pacific says the personal data of up to 9.4 million passengers have been accessed in the latest security breach to hit the aviation industry. Passport numbers, email addresses and expired credit card details were among the data leaked. Chief executive Rupert Hogg apologised and said there was “no evidence” the information had been misused. […]

Your name, your email address, your home address, your bank details, your credit or debit card details. You probably cannot count the number of times that you have been asked to share these important pieces of personal data with a company or organisation in the past weeks or months. As more and more of us […]