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The latest ISMG Security Report features highlights from last week's panel discussion at the ISMG Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in London on the implications of the Equifax data breach.

Britain's financial watchdog on Tuesday said it was investigating a massive hack of the US consumer credit rating service Equifax that affected potentially almost 700,000 British customers. read more

700,000 British Consumer Records, Stored on US Server, Contained Sensitive DataCredit-reporting agency Equifax now says records exposed in the massive data breach it revealed last month included...

Nearly 700,000 British consumers may have had personal data compromised in the massive breach at Equifax, the US credit reporting agency said Tuesday. "Although our UK business was not breached,...

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Data privacy is becoming more complex, companies are equally unprepared in both the UK and US to comply with GDPR by the May 2018 deadline, and US companies are investing more in both privacy...

Good News: Backups are Widespread, Only One Council Paid RansomFreedom of Information requests sent to 430 U.K. local government councils by Barracuda Networks found that at least 27 percent of...

Daniel Kaye Charged With DDoS, Blackmail Against Lloyds and Barclays BanksAdmitted Mirai malware attacker Daniel Kaye has been extradited from Germany to the United Kingdom, where he faces charges...

Ross Anderson gave a talk on the history of the Crypto Wars in the UK. I am intimately familiar with the US story, but didn't know as much about Britain's verson. Hour-long video. Summary....

Victim Organization Disputes Report, Says Breach Was SmallA U.K. tabloid newspaper is reporting that a contractor that provides services to the National Health System has been attacked by a hacker...