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Andrew Skelton Data breach Data leak Morrisons Supreme Court

April 1, 2020

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Morrisons is not “vicariously liable” for a data leak which exposed payroll data of 100,000 staff according to a landmark Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court ruled via livestream today…

AllSaints enlists the help of bot protectors to bar malicious attacks

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March 11, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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Fashion brand AllSaints has enlisted the help of bot management solution Netacea, in order to protect itself from unwanted web traffic. The East London brand will now use Netacea’s machine…

GlobalData: “Companies are still failing to take adequate steps against cyber threats”

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March 9, 2020

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GlobalData has accused retailers of failing to take sufficient precautions against cyber threats. Following the news last week of cyber attacks and data breaches at Tesco, Boots and Virgin Media,…

Boots suspends loyalty card payments as 150,000 accounts attacked by hackers

March 5, 2020

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Boots has barred all loyalty card payments after hackers attempted to access 150,000 customers accounts using stolen passwords. Boots Advantage Card holders will not be able to make any purchases…

Just one arrest has been made after the Metropolitan Police used controversial live facial recognition technology to scan thousands of people at the cities busiest shopping destinations.

Facial recognition tech in key shopping destinations leads to just 1 arrest despite 13,200 scans

CCTV Cressida Dick facial recognition Metropolitan Police Oxford Street Westfield Stratford

March 5, 2020

Just one arrest has been made after the Metropolitan Police used controversial live facial recognition technology to scan thousands of people at the cities busiest shopping destinations. Facial recognition CCTV…

Tesco is being forced to reissue more than 600,000 Clubcards after they were hit with “fraudulent activity” exposing customer information.

620,000 Tesco Clubcards to be reissued after “fraudulent activity” exposed customer data

Clubcard Data breach hacked security Tesco

March 3, 2020

Tesco is being forced to reissue more than 600,000 Clubcards after they were hit with “fraudulent activity” exposing customer information. The UK’s largest grocer emailed 620,000 Clubcard holders to inform…

Controversial live facial recognition tech scans shoppers on Oxford Street

Live Facial Recognition Metropolitan Police Oxford Street Westfield Stratford

February 21, 2020

Live facial recognition technology has been employed by London’s Metropolitan Police in a second major shopping location. Oxford Street, the UK’s busiest shopping destination, yesterday became the latest target of…

Estée Lauder has seen more than 440 million internal records exposed in a massive data breach, according to reports from Security Discovery.

440,336,852 documents exposed in Estée Lauder hack

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February 13, 2020

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Estée Lauder has seen more than 440 million internal records exposed in a massive data breach, according to reports from Security Discovery. A cyberattack exposed 440,336,852 records containing swathes of…

UK’s first live facial recognition CCTV deployed at Westfield Stratford shopping centre

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February 12, 2020