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, a day after the company was forced to close due to COVID-19. The web domain was dormant until a malicious code was entered during the [...]

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 occurred when hackers accessed Nintendo Network ID (NNID). Nintendo confirmed it was disabling all NNID accounts and have urged users not to share passwords across [...]

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 students, staff and volunteers. It was reported that as the university’s cyber security was so poor, it was impossible for them to identify what personal [...]

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 confirmed how many people have been affected. However, personal data of up to 100,000 employees and former employees may have been breached. According to reports [...]

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 software and notify customers. The customers affected are those who ordered goods online during the above period. The personal data stolen included highly sensitive information [...]

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 would not pay the demanded ransom. At the time,  HMR told Computer Weekly “we have no intention of paying.  I would rather go out of business [...]