China eases data security deadline pressure for multinational companies
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese regulators have eased some deadline pressure on multinational companies struggling to comply with new rules requiring them to seek approval to export…
China asks smaller firms to declare data transfers abroad
By Brenda Goh and Josh Ye SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China on Friday moved to further strengthen its oversight of data, issuing a contract that smaller firms will be required to…
LockBit ransomware group threatens to publish stolen Royal Mail data
By Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru (Reuters) – UK’s Royal Mail, which has been grappling with a cyberattack for about a month now, was added to ransomware group LockBit’s dark…
Oracle to invest $1.5 billion in Saudi Arabia, open data centre in Riyadh
By Supantha Mukherjee and Aziz El Yaakoubi (Reuters) – Oracle Corp plans to invest $1.5 billion in Saudi Arabia in the coming years as it builds up its cloud footprint…
Ransomware attack on data firm ION could take days to fix
By James Pearson and Danilo Masoni LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – A ransomware attack that hit ION Trading UK could take days to fix, leaving scores of brokers unable to process derivatives…
How to delete your Google data
There’s a way to delete the frightening amount of data Google has on you. We’ll walk you through how to delete the information Google collects about you, from what you…
Britain’s JD Sports says customer data accessed by cyber attack
By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – British sports and fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion has been the victim of a cyber attack which saw customer data relating to historical online…
Dutch hacker obtained virtually all Austrians’ personal data
VIENNA (Reuters) – A Dutch hacker arrested in November obtained and offered for sale the full name, address and date of birth of virtually everyone in Austria, the Alpine nation’s…
Carmaker Stellantis creates new data services business
By Gilles Guillaume (Reuters) – Carmaker Stellantis said on Thursday it was establishing a new business unit to help expand its data services business, part of its plans to boost…
Toyota’s Indian unit warns of a possible customer data breach
By Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) – A data breach at Toyota Motor‘s Indian business might have exposed some customers’ personal information, it said on Sunday. Toyota India said it has notified…