JM Bullion, a leading online retailer of precious metals has revealed details of a significant data breach. The company which sells gold, silver, copper, platinum and palladium was the victim of a cyber-attack in February of this year. On 6 July 2020, JM Bullion were notified regarding suspicious activity on their website and with the assistance of forensic specialists immediately began investigations.  It was established that a malicious code had been entered onto the website and was present during the [...]

Flagship Group,  the housing association that owns some 31,000 homes in the East of England and employs 1,200 people, has suffered a data breach incident. In a statement Flagship said "Despite our quick action, there has been some data encryption and some personal customer and staff data has been compromised. We do not yet have a complete picture of all the data that has been encrypted." The company also said it had "a high level of security measures" in place [...]

Our Local Authorities aim to provide services and support to families and individuals through a range of different departments. Social Services is one such department and provides an essential support service to families in need. People working in the Social Services sector, have a duty to protect vulnerable adults and children. This is because these groups may require intervention because they are facing challenging personal circumstances. There has been a sharp increase in reports of domestic violence during the current [...]

Airbnb has revealed details of a data breach on 24 September 2020 affecting hundreds of people. It has been reported that users of the holiday rental site may have had their personal data exposed to other users of the platform. The personal data included addresses, phone numbers and key access codes for the hosts’ properties. Users of the site flagged an issue that they were redirected to the inboxes of other hosts.  The issue occurred when hosts tried to respond [...]

GMP has announced details of a data breach said to have affected thousands of people. It has been reported that the names and addresses of complainants, witnesses and informants have been shared online, including victims of sexual abuse, who have a legal right to anonymity. The incident occurred when personal data was uploaded as a ‘test’ by a contractor employed by GMP to develop software.  It is not clear why the personal data was used as part of the ‘test’. [...]

The Ritz, one of London’s leading hotels has revealed details of a data breach in August 2020. An investigation is currently underway after guests were contacted over the telephone by fraudsters posing as staff. The guests were asked to disclose personal data and bank account details after being informed that their initial restaurant reservations had been declined. It has been reported by the BBC that on one occasion after a card was declined, the criminals impersonated a bank official and [...]