Recent Data Breaches

In late September 2025, Harrods, the renowned luxury department store in London’s Knightsbridge, disclosed a significant data breach impacting around 430,000 of its e-commerce customers. The breach occurred when a third-party provider’s system was compromised, […]

The Silent Saboteur: How Outdated Backups Fuel Ransomware’s Reign It’s a digital battlefield out there, isn’t it? Every day, businesses navigate a relentless barrage of cyber threats, and among them, ransomware stands as a particularly […]

Navigating the Data Landscape: A Deep Dive into the Government Data Quality Framework In our increasingly interconnected and data-rich world, the lifeblood of effective public service delivery isn’t just data itself, but quality data. Think […]

In June 2025, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) imposed a £2.31 million fine on genetic testing company 23andMe for failing to protect the personal information of UK users. This penalty followed a joint investigation […]

The Day the NHS Nearly Crumbled: A Deep Dive into the WannaCry Cyberattack Remember May 2017? It was a particularly sunny spring for much of the UK, but beneath that pleasant facade, a digital storm […]

When Digital Trust Crumbles: A Deep Dive into the Advanced Ransomware Attack and its £3.07 Million Fallout It’s a chilling thought, isn’t it? That your most sensitive personal information – the details of your medical […]

The UK Data Archive: A National Cornerstone for Research and Insight When we talk about the bedrock of robust social science and population research in the UK, it’s impossible to overlook the UK Data Archive. […]

The £14 Million Wake-Up Call: Capita’s Cyber Fiasco and the Unfolding Data Crisis Imagine the quiet hum of servers, the endless cascade of data flowing through digital arteries, the very lifeblood of a massive outsourcing […]

A United Front: The UK and Singapore’s Bold Stand Against Ransomware Payments It’s a digital Wild West out there, isn’t it? Every day, it seems, we hear of another organization brought to its knees by […]

Commvault’s Bold Leap: Acquiring Satori Cyber to Forge a New Frontier in Data and AI Security It’s a dynamic world out there, isn’t it? Every day, businesses grapple with an explosion of data, the dizzying […]