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Scottish council slapped with record ICO fine
Midlothian Council is told to pay £140,000 after sending sensitive data to the wrong recipients five times in the space of six months.
Amazon-owned retailer Zappos.com hacked
Up to 24 million customers are affected in one of the bigger hacks of the past 12 months.
Week in Numbers: Snow, sales and social networks
This week in IT, the biggest number was the amount of snow that fell across the UK – but some work managed to happen, too.
Week in Review: Move over Vista, Windows 7 is in the works
Bill Gates may have gone, but Microsoft still has the ability to make the IT community sit up and take notice.
RSA servers hacked as SecurID data stolen
As RSA has its servers hacked, its two-factor authentication customers will no doubt be highly concerned.
Hackers hunting for corporate IP
As companies move more data off-premise, cyber criminals are increasingly looking at how to steal it.
UK businesses forced to provide data breach transparency
EU Commission data protection is coming to the UK.<br>
Data breach cost hits £1.9 million
The average cost for a data breach in the UK rises to £1.9 million in 2010, up 13 per cent from 2009.
O2: Sorry for giving away your phone numbers
The operator says a technical error meant website owners were shown customers' mobile numbers.
Hospital USB stick found in car park
Medical records from a secure hospital were left in the hands of a 12-year-old boy after he found an unencrypted USB stick in an Asda car park.
One in three workers would steal data
Unscrupulous IT workers are more likely than ever to steal company data if they thought it would benefit them, an employee survey has revealed.
Millions of jobseeker details stolen in Monster hack
The job recruitment website Monster has suffered a data breach which some reports have claimed is the biggest in British history.
M&S data stolen in Epsilon breach
The Epsilon breach may have mainly affected US companies, but Marks & Spencer customers have been hit too.
Email blunder costs council £65,000
Cheshire East Council is slapped with a hefty fine after an email containing sensitive information was passed on to the wrong recipients.
ICO to make enquiries into El Reg email snafu
The Register accidentally sends out email addresses and names of 46,524 of its readers.
LastPass passwords compromised by hack
LastPass passwords not necessarily the last password you’ll ever need.
Sony blames Anonymous distraction for breaches
Sony says it was distracted by an Anonymous DDoS when hackers stole details on over 100 million customers.
BBC loses £240k worth of mobile devices
A total of 146 laptops and 82 other mobile devices have been lost by the BBC in the past two years.
ICO slaps Surrey County Council with £120,000 fine
Surrey County Council gets hit with a £120,000 fine for misdirecting emails containing personal data.
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