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A Scottish local authority has been fined £250,000 after the pension records of former employees were found in a paper recycling bank in a supermarket car park. The penalty has been imposed on Scottish Borders Council by the Information...
11 September 2012
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The first boot camp to get young people working in cybersecurity, has been set up. The group behind the four-day camp at Lancaster University says schools need to do more to make young people aware that it is a career option. Online attacks are...
7 September 2012
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A hacker has posted online what appears to be login information for police officers in the Hertfordshire and Nottinghamshire constabularies. The usernames, passwords and PINs were posted to Pastebin on Thursday, along with the banner...
3 September 2012
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has warned people and dental staff to be wary when buying dental equipment from the Internet after its enforcement investigators seized a number of potentially dangerous fake dental...
31 August 2012
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