Tagged: Data Breach
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Sega Pass hack compromised 1.3m members’ data News
20.06.2011 Game company Sega confirmed that data from 1.3m customers was stolen by hackers from its Sega Pass online membership network. -
CIA site the victim of the latest LulzSec hacker attack News
16.06.2011 Hacker group LulzSec has earned itself another notch with the brief taking down of the mighty Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) website. -
Phishing fears follow cyber attack on 200,000 Citigroup customers News
09.06.2011 The nature of the data stolen in the latest cyber attack that has seen 200,000 accounts – or 1pc of US banking giant Citigroup’s customer base – hacked by a cyber gang will make... -
Citigroup reports data breach News
09.06.2011 Computer hackers have breached Citigroup's network and accessed data on hundreds of thousands of bank-card holders in North America, Citigroup has said. -
Sony offers to compensate PC gamers for cyber attack News
13.05.2011 Sonly Online Entertainment has outlined the compensation it is prepared to offer PC gamers affected by the continued shutdown of its 25m-user network following a major data... -
45pc of Irish organisations back data up on tape - survey News
11.05.2011 Forty-five per cent of Irish organisations prefer to back up their sensitive data on tape, a survey suggests. -
Sony PlayStation breach – how each country has been hit News
04.05.2011 Details have emerged from Sony’s press conference in terms of how many users have been affected by the attack on the PlayStation Network per country. About 9.2m UK accounts and...Categories: Software & Web Development, Servers, Security, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech -
Millions of email addresses stolen in cyber attack News
04.04.2011 A cyber attack on US marketing firm Epsilon has resulted in millions of email addresses being stolen by hackers. The attack could impact customers of major banks, hotels and... -
OPINION: Sending the right message News
10.03.2011 Aiden Callaly outlines the range of compliance and security issues affecting how organisations protect their email systems. -
Low awareness of data protection rules as breaches rise News
18.02.2011 One-fifth of Irish businesses had a data breach in the past 12 months and many more aren’t aware of their requirements under data protection rules, according to a new survey by... -
ANALYSIS: Taking the right response to data breach risk News
10.02.2011 Security experts urge CIOs to take a close look at their systems to spot the real weak points. -
Gardaí probe Recruitireland.com website breach News
09.02.2011 Gardaí are investigating a breach of data on job recruitment website recruitireland.com yesterday afternoon. The Data Protection Commissioner has also been made aware of the... -
Irish firms still overly reliant on tape for data backup News
25.06.2010 Almost two-thirds of Irish businesses are still using tape technology for data backup, even though more than one-third say they had a ‘significant’ data loss.Categories: CIO, Data Management, Digital Life, Start-ups, Apps Zone, Apps, Internet, Mobile, MobilityTags: Security, Data Storage, Data Recovery, Data Loss, Data Breach, Data Backup, Apple, Google, Spam, Email, Windows, iTunes, Android, Entrepreneurs, Eric Schmidt, Batt O'Keeffe, iPhone 4, -
Arts Council invests in software to manage €75m budget News
25.06.2010 Ireland’s Arts Council has invested in Infor FMS SunSystems version 5 software to manage its €75m budget. Specifically the software ill manage online grant payment...Categories: Administration, Deals Done, Enterprise Applications, Financial, Government, Investments, Software, CIO, Data Management -
US States to up ante against Google over wireless data News
22.06.2010 Google’s gathering of Wi-Fi data while its Street View team roamed the streets of various countries is cutting no mustard in the US, where a number of States are understood to... -
Google may be leaving China in April News
19.03.2010 Google may be pulling out of China as early as 10 April, reports the China Business News, quoting an unnamed Google employee. -
46pc of Irish don’t trust data protection legislation: survey News
26.03.2010 Legislation surrounding data breaches and disclosure is not reassuring Irish internet users, says the Irish Computer Society as it revealed the results of its latest survey at... -
Bord Gáis implements new security regime after major data breach News
06.11.2009 Encryption is to be deployed on all Bord Gáis laptops and workers are to receive classroom training and awareness on data protection following an investigation on the loss of...