Former AWS engineer arrested for Capital One data breach

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ISSUE DATE: 30 July 2019 TOP STORIES Former AWS engineer arrested for Capital One data breach Capital One announces data breach affecting more than 100 million customers as US federal authorities arrest a Seattle woman formerly employed by Amazon Web Services. READ MORE → ICO selects first innovation Sandbox participants UK privacy watchdog has chosen the first firms to take part in its Sandbox programme aimed at developing innovative and beneficial products and services that are privacy compliant. READ MORE → ODI investigates use of private sector data by cities The Open Data Institute is seeking to find out whether cities have the levels of access needed to access data collected by private sector organisations. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Visa card vulnerabilities enable contactless limit bypass Security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities on Visa cards that could be exploited to bypass contactless payment limits and result in huge losses.  READ MORE → TSB takes another £36m hit related to botched IT migration TSB has been stung for another £36m in costs related to its botched IT migration last year, but managed a profit in its latest six monthly results. READ MORE → One-third of UK councils have IT budgets cut Many local authorities’ IT budgets are being reduced at a time when they are trying to digitally transform to cut costs and improve processes. READ MORE → WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins spared jail British security researcher who helped halt the global WannaCry ransomware attack that hit the NHS in 2017 has avoided jail in the US for creating other malware. READ MORE →

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