13 February 2012 - Click here to view this newsletter online

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Eircom slammed for laptop and data loss

Irish Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes has called the loss of Eircom's laptops "one of the most serious breaches" his office has seen.
 

Fresh ICO fines against councils

Fines have been issued to Croydon Council and Norfolk County Council by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
 

Ticketmaster admits direct mailing system was hacked

Ticketmaster has admitted that its direct email marketing system was hacked and malicious emails were sent out "from an unauthorised party".
 

Extortion, ransom demands and code leak - what would you have done in Symantec's shoes?

This week Symantec's tussle with a hacker went public.
 

Sport Relief

Our online news editor Dan Raywood will be doing the Haringey 5K for Sport Relief on March 25th to help people living unimaginably tough lives, both at home in the UK and across the world's poorest countries. He needs your sponsorship, visit his giving page here - http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/danraywoodsc


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The global malware problem: complacency can be costly

Today, malware is a given on the internet. With tens of thousands of malware variants discovered every day, organisations of all sizes experience enormous financial losses as cyber criminals steal financial and customer data.

Plus, IT labour costs continue to increase as IT staff members scramble to remediate malware infections and user productivity suffers due to malware-induced outages.


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