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New Apple MacBook physically disconnects microphone when lid is closed
The latest Apple MacBooks feature a new T2 security chip that physically disconnects the laptop’s built-in microphone whenever the lid has been clo...
Dixons Carphone admits huge data breach just months after receiving one of the largest fines for previous cyber-attack
Dixons Carphone said today that it had suffered a massive data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. Th...
BCC is really difficult…
Ghostery, UK councils, and vitamin sellers all falling foul of GDPR, by sending list of e-mail contacts in CC rather than BCC. Ghostery have publis...
FBI seizes domain behind massive botnet
The FBI has seized a domain linked to what’s believed to be a Russian botnet composed of around 500,000 infected routers around the world. Accordin...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) fined £325,000 by the ICO for losing unencrypted DVDs
On 18 November 2016, the CPS received a package of 15 unencrypted DVDs from Surrey Police. Those DVDs contained recordings of intimate sensitive pe...
Durham school paid out £1,500 in ransom money after cyber-attack
In April 2017 a computer virus encrypted the Durham Sixth Form Centre college files. The County Durham school confirmed it had made a payment of £1...
Hotel door locks vulnerable to hack
Researchers say flaws they found in the equipment’s software meant they could create “master keys” that opened the rooms without leaving an activit...
European electrical grid fixed, 6 minutes brought back
Last month, the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E) publicly admonished Serbia and Kosovo for not properly balancing their ...
IT meltdown causes national government shutdown
Sint Maarten, which used to be part of the Netherlands Antilles, and has a population of just over 42,000, has closed government offices during thi...
