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Met police confirms FBI conference call hack

 03 February 2012

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that a recording posted by Anonymous relates to a conference call between Met officers and FBI agents

Cyber strategy 'too high level' for public, say MPs

 02 February 2012

The government must do more to protect UK citizens from cybercrime and address every day concerns, a Commons select committee has warned

ICO serves Scottish council with record £140k fine

 30 January 2012

Midlothian Council posted details of children in care to wrong recipients on five occasions in as many months, prompting ICO's largest ever penalty

US govt security website hacked

 24 January 2012

Portal offering Internet security advice taken offline by hacktivist group Anonymous in protest of piracy crackdown

UK ranks 21st in Europe for privacy protection

 24 January 2012

The UK's data protection regime is more lenient than Spain, France and Germany, ranking joint 21st in Data Guidance's Data Privacy Index

New EU data laws to include 24hr breach notification

 23 January 2012

The EU's new data protection laws, due for publication later this week, will include an obligation for organisations to reveal data breaches within 24 hours

Manpower escapes fine for employee data gaffe

 23 January 2012

Recruitment agency agrees to improved data protection practices after a worker accidentally distributed personal data in a spreadsheet

Windows hit by PC decline but Intel riding high

 20 January 2012

Sales of Windows operating system hit by "softness" in PC market, says Microsoft, but Intel reports record year

Programmer stole US Treasury code, prosecutors claim

 19 January 2012

Government contractor charged with the theft of software for tracking "billions of dollars" transferred inside the US every day

Israeli hackers hit back at Arab stock exchanges

 18 January 2012

Stock exchange websites in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi hit as Israeli hacking group retaliates for Monday's attack on Tel Aviv stock exchange

Retailer GAME says reported data breach is bogus

 17 January 2012

Customer details supposedly posted online are fake, says high street video game retailer

Olympic security secrets left on train

 17 January 2012

Paper documents detailing Olympic security plans, including contact details of senior police officers, found by commuter

Essex Police staff resign over illegal database access

 16 January 2012

Eight Essex Police employees have resigned after allegedly accessing personal records on the Police National Computer

Zappos hack exposes 24m customer records

 16 January 2012

Online clothes retailer warns customers that their contact data may have been stolen in cyber attack

China claims data breaches were "fabricated"

 11 January 2012

Local authorities say a number of high profile data leaks reported last year were made up

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