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November 2021 Data Breach Roundup
Friday, 14 January 2022In November, some of the most notable data breaches included data from county schools in Kent being leaked to the dark web, patient records having to be destroyed after being abandoned at a former care home and the high-profile data breach involving the Labour Party.
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October 2021 Data Breach Roundup
Thursday, 11 November 2021In October, some of the most notable data breaches included the streaming platform Twitch, a group led action by professional footballers whose data has been sold without permission and a HIV charity who exposed the details of over 100 people.
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September 2021 data breach roundup
Wednesday, 20 October 2021In September, some of the most notable data breaches included a data breach involving the details of Afghan interpreters, an unsecured database containing customer records related to wearable technology and fitness services and a cyber-attack against a section of the France-Visas website.
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August 2021 Data Breach Roundup
Wednesday, 13 October 2021There were plenty of data breaches that took place in August, with various organisations falling victim to cyber-attacks that jeopardised valuable personal data.
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July 2021 Data Breach Roundup
Wednesday, 18 August 2021In July, significant data breaches included an online learning provider who exposed account information to unauthorised sources, a council exposing rent payments to the general public and the National Lottery Community Fund putting around six years’ worth of data at risk.
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June 2021 Data Breach Roundup
Tuesday, 13 July 2021In June, there were a number of significant data breaches, including schools who were forced to close following cyber-attacks, sensitive patient data being left in an abandoned care home and a major video games developer admitting that data belonging to their users is freely circulating on the internet.
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May 2021 data breach round-up
Tuesday, 8 June 2021May was as busy a month as ever in the world of cybercrime and data breaches, with a number of different cases cropping up in a variety of sectors.
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March and April 2021 Data Breach Roundup
Wednesday, 19 May 2021Following on from a busy February, the number of data breaches in March and April continued to mount, with various different cases emerging in a variety of sectors.
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February 2021 Data Breach Roundup
Monday, 1 March 2021We’re well into the swing of 2021 and the number of data breaches continues to mount, all of which have significant consequences for the members of the public who have been affected, and the data breach industry as a whole.
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January 2021 Data Breach Roundup
Friday, 12 February 2021New year, new data breaches! 2021 has barely begun and there is already a growing list of significant data breaches that have come to light, with implications for huge numbers of members of the public whose sensitive personal data may have been exposed.
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