n February 2023, our action against car dealer group Arnold Clark was picked up by the media. The story was covered by Cryptosaurus Networks and Car Dealer Magazine.
In December 2022, cybercriminals hacked Arnold Clark and demanded that the car dealer group pay a multi-million-pound ransom in return for not uploading customer information to the dark web. To demonstrate they were serious, the hackers initially uploaded 15 gigabytes of sensitive data. And it appears the cybercriminals have now upped the
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Arnold Clark has released a statement about the attack. In this, it appears to admit that poor data security made the breach possible
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Hackers have targeted Arnold Clark and are demanding that the car dealer group pay a multi-million-pound ransom. If they are not paid, the cybercriminals have said they will upload customer information to the dark web. Tens of thousands of people are thought to be at risk if the hackers go through with their threat. And, even if they don’t, many are
In early 2023, hackers targeted car dealership Arnold Clark and threatened to release a huge amount of customer information onto the dark web unless they were paid a multi-million-pound crypto-currency ransom. The cybercriminals released an initial 15 gigabytes of sensitive data on 17 January 2023. A further 30 gigabytes of
Partner and Head of Data and Privacy Litigation, Kingsley Hayes, examines the €400mn data protection fine brought against Meta by the Irish Data Protection Commission. Kingsley’s article was published in UK Tech News, 23 January 2023, and can be found here. Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has been fined €390 million