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Privacy and data protection

  • October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

    US SEC launches probe into mass MOVEit breach

    Progress Software is facing an investigation from the SEC for the breach of its MOVEit tool, as well as dozens of legal battles resulting from the exfiltration of personal data from the roughly 2,000 organisations affected

  • October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

    Scottish biometrics watchdog outlines police cloud concerns

    Police Scotland’s response to the biometrics commissioner’s formal information notice ‘did not ameliorate’ his concerns about the sovereignty and security of the sensitive biometric information being uploaded to cloud infrastructure that is subject ...

  • October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

    Why only 1% of the Snowden Archive will ever be published

    Speaking to Computer Weekly after we published new revelations from the Snowden archive, the Guardian’s Pulitzer Prize winner, Ewen MacAskill, explains why more of the Snowden trove is unlikely to see the light of day

  • October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

    MGM faces £100m loss from cyber attack on its casinos

    MGM Resorts has provided further details on the fallout of the hack targeting its casinos in early September, confirming that a range of personal information has been stolen and that it will likely cost the firm around $100m