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UK Arup staff details stolen in cyber attack

Staff at Arup have had personal details, which is said to include bank details, names and addresses, stolen after the engineering firm’s external payroll supplier was hit by a cyber attack. Symatrix, which is contracted to handle the payroll for Arup’s 6,000 UK staff, was hit by a cyber attack in mid-January. It has not been disclosed how many staff may have been affected by the data breach.

April 21, 2021

Merseyrail employees hit by Data Breach?

The north west rail network Merseyrail has confirmed a cyberattack after a ransomware gang used their email system to email employees and journalists about the attack. Employee and potentially customer information has been compromised during this data breach.

April 21, 2021

Suffered a Financial Data Breach - What should you do?

You have found out that your personal information may have been exposed. You might start to worry, you want to know if you are one of the victims. Has your information been leaked and if so what can you do to protect yourself?

April 21, 2021

Hundreds of police officers sue Equiniti over pensions data breach

474 British police officers have issued a compensation claim in the High Court against Paymaster 1836, the pensions part of Equiniti Group, which provides pensions services to 70% of FTSE 100 companies.

April 21, 2021

Chesterfield High School Data Breach

Evans Hughes are investigating a possible Data Breach at Chesterfield High School in Crosby, Merseyside. If you, your child or anyone you know is aged 16-17 years old now and attended the school in February 2019 then they could have been affected.

April 21, 2021

Data Breach Compensation Amounts?

The amount of compensation that you may receive from a data breach claim will depend on the type of breach that has taken place, the nature of the information that has been breached along with the risk level and if you have suffered distress as a result.

April 21, 2021

Total Fitness have informed members past and present of Data Breach

Total Fitness have revealed to their customers that they recently experienced a sophisticated Data Breach.

April 21, 2021

Hackers Steal Data from Cosmetic Surgery Chain The Hospital Group

Hackers have stolen data from the cosmetic surgery chain The Hospital Group and are threatening to release sensitive patient information including before and after photos.

April 21, 2021

Cyber Security and the GDPR

Cyber crime is on the rise, in the last 12 months, 46% of businesses reported a cyber attack, and 32% of those attacked happened more than once every week.

April 21, 2021