We are often contacted by individuals whose confidential medical data has been breached. Such data breaches are not widely reported in the media because their impact is not widespread, but for the individuals concerned the data breach can be extremely unsettling. Medical data is extremely sensitive – and might include details of conditions you would [...]

Now the lockdown has been lifted in part, the Government wants to keep track of customers and participants in potentially risky indoor environments for spreading the virus. So you will be asked to give your contact details when you visit restaurants and pubs, hairdressers, tailors, museums and possibly places of worship and community centres.  The [...]

1 July 2020 Social media platform, Twitter, has revealed details of a data breach. Twitter became aware of the data breach on 20 May 2020 and an email has been sent to customers whom use the platform for advertising. Twitter has advised customers who hold Twitter Ads and/or Analytics accounts, that their personal data may [...]

18 June 2020 Jewellery and accessories retailer, Claire’s, has revealed details of a data breach caused by a cyber-attack. Sansec, a company which specialises in protecting payment platforms, discovered and reported the data breach to Claire's on 12 June 2020. Sansec's investigation found that a web domain Claire’s-assets.com was set up on 22 March 2020, [...]

21 May 2020 Nintendo has revealed details of a cyber-attack which resulted in up to 160,000 customer accounts being illegally accessed by hackers. At the beginning of April 2020, customers began noticing suspicious activity on their accounts when their payment details were used to purchase other digital goods via Nintendo’s online stores. The data breach [...]

19 May 2020   It was revealed in April 2020 that the University of Warwick had been the victim of a cyber-attack sometime in 2019.  The breach occurred when hackers accessed their administrative network. The security incident took place when remote viewing software was installed. This software enabled hackers to steal sensitive personal information of [...]

15 May 2020 Interserve employees targeted by hackers On 13 May 2020, Interserve revealed details of a cyber-attack which took place over the period 9-10 May 2020. The data breach occurred when hackers broke into a human resources database and stole personal data of current and former employees. To date, it has not yet been [...]

12 May 2020   During the period 7 March 2020 – 30 March 2020, UK hardware store Robert Dyas has been targeted by cyber criminals due to a card skimmer being operational on their website. Robert Dyas became aware of the data breach on 30 March 2020 and immediately took steps to block the malicious [...]

6 May 2020 On 14 March 2020, Hammersmith Medical Research (HMR) were targeted by cybercriminal group, Maze, resulting in a significant data breach.  The breach occurred when Maze stole personal data hosted on HMR’s network and began to encrypt their computers. Maze, published some of the stolen data between the period 21-23 March 2020 when HMR [...]