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£120,000 fine for university after details of 20,000 staff and students exposed in data breach

£120,000 fine for university after details of 20,000 staff and students exposed in data breach

The University of Greenwich in London has received a fine of £120,000 because of the substantial damage and substantial distress caused by a security breach that exposed the private information of approximately 20,000 people.

Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Greenwich University fined £120000 for data breach

  1. Greenwich University fined £120000 for data breach  BBC News
  2. A week before GDPR, Greenwich University fined for data breach  The Stack
  3. ICO fines Greenwich University £120000 over major data breach  NS Tech
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Excel pivot table data leak leads to £120,000 fine for London council

Excel pivot table data leak leads to £120,000 fine for London council

A London council has been fined £120,000 for accidentally revealing the names of people who owned empty properties. An error that could have been avoided with a simple double-click.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Graham Cluley

School computer virus cost us $120,000 – Amity Observer

With $120,000 in costs related to clean-up after the Qakbot computer virus … to infect,” Mr. Smith wrote in a report about the attack presented to the board. Most of the costs related to the virus, $83,000, was from replacing and repairing servers …
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