Computer Weekly

Data Breaches

Watchdog investigates Europol over ‘irregular’ data processing claims

The European Data Protection Supervisor is investigating Europol’s data processing environment, after an investigation by Computer Weekly, Correctiv and Solomon exposed serious data protection and security failures

UK abattoirs caught up in cyber attack against European supermarkets

Refrigerators at three meat processors in the UK were hit by cyber attacks amid warnings from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre to protect internet-facing industrial devices

Austrian doctors to swap emails and phone calls for encrypted messages

Austria is following Germany’s lead by introducing a sovereign encrypted messaging service for healthcare professionals

Vulnerabilities

EU makes progress towards PHP patching, UK lags behind

Five days into the PHP2Shell incident, and patch rates are creeping upwards, but the majority of publicly visible PHP hosts remain exposed