69 per cent of UK businesses self-disclose data breaches to the ICO
UK businesses are reporting a greater number of data breaches than ever before, with 69 per cent of organisations self-disclosing a breach or potential breach to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the past year, up significantly from 53 per cent in 2024. That’s according to annual research from Apricorn, which says the shift could also […]
Wonga data breach could affect 250,000 UK customers
Payday lender Wonga has admitted that more than a quarter of a million customers personal data may have been stolen in a data breach at the firm, and it was “urgently investigating illegal and unauthorised access to the personal data of some of its customers.” Customers throughout the UK and a further 25,000 customers in […]
Two-thirds of UK companies experienced a data breach in last two years, new survey claims…
According to a recent data security survey commissioned by Infinigate UK and GFI Software, two-thirds of UK companies have reported data breaches within the last two years, with 37 per cent of all attacks found to be made deliberately from within a company. The survey, which was conducted in April of this year by the technology market […]