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Manchester United Hit by Cyber Attack

Whilst the news that Manchester United had been hit by a “sophisticated operation by organized cyber criminals” was widely reported on Saturday, little detail has emerged since.  In particular, there has been no update to the club’s original statement that “We are not currently aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans …

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Information Commissioner Finalises BA Penalty – What Have we Learnt?

The long-running saga of the BA data breach reached its conclusion (probably) last week with the announcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of a £20m fine.  Initial comments focused on the huge reduction from the £183m fine that the ICO initially proposed last year; but this is still a significant fine, both in total …

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Blackbaud Ransomware Attack – UK Universities and Others Affected

A number of prominent UK universities are amongst hundreds of organisations globally whose data has been stolen in a ransomware attack on cloud-computing provider Blackbaud.  Remarkably, it has emerged that Blackbaud was attacked back in May but waited two months to inform its users.  It has also emerged that they paid an undisclosed ransom in …

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