Tag: ico
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There are lessons to be learned from government websites serving cryptocurrency miners
This was awkward. On Sunday, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator and thus the public body that issues fines for data breaches, was found to be serving a JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miner on its website. The issue was first reported by security researcher Scott Helme, who discovered that the ICO wasn’t the…
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There are lessons to be learned from government websites serving cryptocurrency miners
This was awkward. On Sunday, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator and thus the public body that issues fines for data breaches, was found to be serving a JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miner on its website. The issue was first reported by security researcher Scott Helme, who discovered that the ICO wasn’t the…
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Massive drop in PPI SMS spam after spammers fined
Levels still higher than for most of 2012. Security firm Cloudmark has reported a significant drop in the amount of PPI (Payment Protection Insurance) spam sent via SMS in the UK after two major spammers were fined, but noted that the levels are still higher than they were for most of last year. SMS spam…