Organisations often turn to the phrase “we were hit by a sophisticated and determined cyberattack”, only later to discover the hacker was a teenager using free tools downloaded from the internet. Takeaway point: it’s hard to be cyber secure in 2023. So, if it’s hard for large organisations like Royal …
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Webinar It’s a startling truth but 45 percent of workers in the US believe using public Wi-Fi is safe. At the same time, the 2021 Egress Insider Data Breach Survey found that a staggering 94 percent of organizations surveyed had suffered an insider data breach with human error the principal …
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Britain’s JD Sports says customer data accessed by cyber attack | 1450 AM 99.7 FM WHTC | Holland Close For the health and safety of everyone, our offices are temporarily closed to the public. If you have won a prize from us …
Read More »New date set for old stamps to become unusable
The Royal Mail has set a new date for old stamps to be retired, after which they will no longer work if you stick them to letters and parcels. The old stamps were to cease to be valid from today, January 31, but the deadline has now been extended. The …
Read More »Royal Mail issues six-month warning to anybody who owns stamps
The Royal Mail has issued a six-month warning to anybody who has stamps at home, or in their purse or wallet. The Royal Mail has confirmed the old stamps – which are due to be axed – will be extended, after initially being set to become invalid from January 31 …
Read More »JD Sports says data of 10m customers may have been accessed in hack
JD Sports said the accessed data includes customer names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and the final four digits of payment cards. Sports and fashion retailer JD Sports said the details of 10m customers were potentially accessed in a recent cyberattack. The data breach relates to online orders placed between November …
Read More »Short Interest Update for International Distributions Services plc (OTCMKTS:ROYMY)
There was a significant drop in the number of short positions held in International Distribution Services plc (OTCMKTS: ROYMY) during January. Mhere was a total short interest of 5,800 shares as of January 15, representing a decrease of 23.7% from the position size of 7,600 shares as of December 31. …
Read More »Data of 10 million JD Sports customers accessed in cyber attack
Personal data on up to 10 million people who shopped online at sporting goods and fashion retailer JD Sports has been accessed and potentially stolen by cyber criminals in a cyber incident of a currently unknown nature. The incident, disclosed today (30 January), is understood to affect individuals who shopped …
Read More »JD Sports hit by cyber-attack that leaked 10m customers’ data | JD Sports Fashion
The fashion retailer JD Sports said the personal and financial information of 10 million customers was potentially accessed by hackers in a cyber-attack. The company said incident, which affected some online orders made by customers between November 2018 and October 2020, targeted purchases of products of its JD, Size?, Millets, …
Read More »Small business owner takes parcel to US himself as Royal Mail delays drag on
A British business owner flew a package himself to a customer in the US after becoming increasingly frustrated by Royal Mail delays. Vern Tessio, who runs the dog accessory business WildBarc, personally flew the delivery 3,641 miles across the Atlantic after the Royal Mail banned sending parcels abroad after a …
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