Eighty One Million Dollar Cyber Heist

I wrote recently about the Panama Papers, probably the largest and most significant data breach of our times. While the dust has settled for now, the breach cost the Icelandic Prime Minister his job and caused severe embarrassment to the British Prime Minister. Well,...

Card Details going cheap

We’ve written here, over the past twelve months, about some pretty significant data breaches. Some, like last October’s Talk Talk data breach, triggered an almost instant wave of spam and social engineering telephone calls. Elsewhere, the ‘dark...

Cybercrime is a threat

and British businesses can’t afford to ignore it As I wrote here at the beginning of last December, 2015 will surely be seen as the year of the big data breach, high profile data breaches at Ashley Madison, Carphone Warehouse, Talk Talk, Hilton Hotels and J D...

Talk Talk hit by major data breach

Once again, a major data breach has hit the headlines, this time it’s Talk Talk. The company claims that ‘there is a chance that… Credit card details and/or bank details’ of up to 4 million customers may be compromised in a ‘significant and sustained cyber-attack’. I...