ICO issues company £4m fine over cyber-attack
A British construction company is facing fines of more than £4m by the data protection regulator after a cyber-attack enabled hackers to steal the personal and financial information of up to 113,000 employees. The attack occurred when the Interserve Group, which is based in Berkshire, ran an outsourcing business and was designated a “strategic supplier […]
Water business hit by cyber attack
A water company has been hit by an apparently bungled “criminal cyber attack”, it was reported today. South Staffordshire Water stressed it was “still supplying safe water to all of our Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water customers”. A ransomware group known as Cl0p claimed to have hacked a different water company’s networks. A statement […]