A Semperis annual ransomware risk report, covered by The Register, finds that 37% of ransomware attacks involved psychological or physical threats against victim staff. The survey covered 1,200 post-ransomware organizations in the first half of 2026. Respondents reported psychological intimidation (23%) and physical threats (17%), aimed a…
The European Commission has opened an investigation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) into whether Booking.com, a very large online platform with more than 45 million EU users, does enough to stop fraudsters using it for scams, phishing and smishing. Officials described the company's fraud defenses as "absolutely substandard". The prob…
A vehicle belonging to school photography firm Pret-a-Portrait was broken into overnight on 6-7 October, and a camera bag containing SD memory cards was stolen. The cards may hold photographs taken at Priory School in Lewes, UK, plus images of QR code cards showing pupils' names and class names. The same equipment was used for three furth…
The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reprimanded the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and issued an enforcement notice. Between March 2023 and September 2024, officers registered about 500 free accounts on the retail crime platform Auror without formal procurement, a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) or data-sharing …
The UK government has disclosed that the April 2025 breach of the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) was larger than first reported. Around 250,000 stolen records predate 2007, with the oldest dating to 1978. The LAA had initially said the stolen data covered applications, claims and payments from 2007 onward. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) also found…