Michael Gove breached standards rules by failing to register hospitality he enjoyed with a Conservative donor whose company was awarded personal protective equipment contracts during the Covid pandemic, parliament’s sleaze watchdog has found. The housing secretary was placed under investigation last month after the Guardian reported that he failed to register hospitality he received at… Continue reading Michael Gove guilty of standards breach over football match VIP hospitality | Michael Gove
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NatWest customer calls bank’s handling of breach of his data ‘disgusting’
A NatWest customer has praised a whistleblower for informing him that his personal data had been breached, describing the bank’s handling of the issue as “disgusting”. In the same way another former customer who contacted Computer Weekly earlier, the second NatWest customer to make contact with Computer Weekly was also offered £200 compensation by… Continue reading NatWest customer calls bank’s handling of breach of his data ‘disgusting’
Norfolk and Suffolk police hit by FoI-linked data breach
Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies have reported a data breach resulting from a freedom of information (FoI) disclosure, the second such incident involving the apparent accidental mishandling of police data in the space of a week. The two forces – which have been collaborating on multiple aspects of police work in East Anglia since 2010… Continue reading Norfolk and Suffolk police hit by FoI-linked data breach
Team Trump and A Nationwide Effort To Breach Voting Machines
As Donald Trump braces for yet another criminal indictment, this time in Fulton County, Georgia, even more detail has emerged about efforts by his team and allies to access sensitive voting machine software to prop up the former president’s lies about election fraud. Fulton County prosecutors have emails and text messages showing Trump’s team was… Continue reading Team Trump and A Nationwide Effort To Breach Voting Machines
NatWest offers compensation to customer affected by data breach exposed by whistleblower
NatWest has offered compensation to a former customer after he was informed by a whistleblower that his personal information has been compromised for 14 years. The former customer praised the whistleblower for bringing to his attention the fact that sensitive data about him and around 1,600 others has been insecurely stored in a former… Continue reading NatWest offers compensation to customer affected by data breach exposed by whistleblower
Trump’s Legal Team Linked To Georgia Voting Systems Breach: Report
Prosecutors investigating the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election results in Georgia have texts and emails that connect members of former President Donald Trump’s legal team to the January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, according to a CNN exclusive. Texts and other evidence collected by investigators in the Georgia criminal probe indicate Trump’s… Continue reading Trump’s Legal Team Linked To Georgia Voting Systems Breach: Report
PSNI investigating second breach after laptop stolen
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is probing a second breach of police officers’ personal data that came to light barely 24 hours after a spreadsheet containing the names and ranks of all of its serving personnel was published online after being accidentally disclosed through a freedom of information (FoI) request. The second… Continue reading PSNI investigating second breach after laptop stolen
US cyber breach reporting rules to have global impact
Organisations operating in the US will have to get to grips with strict new cyber breach reporting regulations, handed down this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The rules will apply to all US-listed companies, including Foreign Private Issuers – bodies primarily organised outside the US but that maintain secondary listings there.… Continue reading US cyber breach reporting rules to have global impact