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Roku issues warning over massive customer account breach
By Emma Woollacott published
News Criminals exploited reused passwords for a credential stuffing attack that hit 576,000 accounts

Two massive healthcare data breaches just exposed more than half of France's population
By Emma Woollacott published
News French data regulator CNIL confirms attacks on healthcare payment service providers Viamedis and Almerys

The Verizon data breach that exposed 63,000 employees is a reminder of how a simple mistake can have costly implications
By George Fitzmaurice published
News A Verizon employee exposed thousands of staff records after accessing files they shouldn't have

The 23andMe data breach is getting messier by the day
By George Fitzmaurice published
News 23andMe said it was unaware a cyber attack occurred for several months, just weeks after an embarrassing public spat with concerned customers

Why the ‘mother of all breaches’ is a wake up call for everyone
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The leak, dubbed the ‘mother of all breaches’, contains data from historic breaches and affects users of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Twitter

ICO reprimands Coventry school over repeated data protection failures
By Emma Woollacott published
News The ICO said the academy trust failed to follow previous guidance, which caused a serious data breach

23andMe data breach response has been a public relations disaster as it blames customers for data breach
By Ross Kelly last updated
News 23andMe hit back at customers affected by a recent data breach with suggestions they’re at fault

MongoDB insists customers are safe in wake of corporate systems data breach
By George Fitzmaurice published
News MongoDB said users are safe in light of news of a corporate systems data breach
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