This timeline records significant cyber incidents since 2006. We focus on cyber attacks on government agencies, defense and high tech companies, or economic crimes with losses of more than a million dollars. Below is a summary of incidents from over the last year. For the full list, click the download [...]
With organisations across the globe turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, there has never been a worse time to suffer a data breach or cyber attack.
And the bad news is that unsettled employees, many of whom are being asked to work from home, and depleted workforces mean there is an increased chance of an incident occurring.
Thankfully, we’ve only found 67 incidents this month, with a total of 832,486,418 affected records – which is only slightly higher than last month’s figures.
However, it bears reminding that most breaches take 100 days or more to be discovered, so we could be seeing the effects of the coronavirus for months after our everyday lives get back to normal.
Tesco is issuing new cards to 600,000 Clubcard account holders after unearthing a security issue.
The supermarket giant said it believed a database of stolen usernames and passwords from other platforms had been tried out on its websites, and may have worked in some cases.
No financial data was accessed and its systems have not been hacked, it added.
It said this was a precautionary measure and apologised for the inconvenience.
“We are aware of some fraudulent activity around the redemption of a small proportion of our customers’ Clubcard vouchers,” a Tesco spokesperson said.
“Our internal systems picked this up quickly and we immediately took steps to protect our customers and restrict access to their accounts.”
The supermarket said it had emailed everybody potentially affected, that nobody would lose their points and new vouchers would also be issued.
A top-secret communications system used by criminals to trade drugs and guns has been “successfully penetrated”, says the National Crime Agency. The NCA worked with forces across Europe on the ...
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