As Louis heads for retirement from office life, it seems only fitting that we put him in the spotlight for a staff interview, reflecting on his many years bringing a sense of peace and calm to the office. As Head of Security, Director of Team Cuddles, and Chief Sniffer, Louis has given many years of […]
The breach figure for April took a nosedive compared to previous months, with ‘just’ 4.3million records breached, compared to 42 million in March, 29.5 million in February, and a whopping 277.6 million in January. Over 50% of April breached records came from a US medical services provider – Shields Health Care Group – who saw […]
With just shy of 42 million records breached, March has seen a number of high profile incidents, including a breach at Latitude Financial accounting for 14 million records, and a breach at Australian Telecoms company AT&T accounting for 9 million breached records. What’s more, a new report released in February, highlights that the Australian media […]
Compared with the 277 million records breached in January 2023, February’s 29.5 million records seems insignificant in comparison. It isn’t though. 29.5 million records is still a huge number, and it’s disappointing to see. Of these 29.5 million records, just over 20 million come from a breach at PeopleConnect, a business that conducts background checks, […]
When it comes to jargon-free advice, and business-relevant solutions, Jamie is your man. Jamie is our Commercial Manager, and lead for the Account Management team. He originally joined Eurolink for a change of industry, and came to the business with limited sector knowledge. This has created an advantage for our customers, giving Jamie a unique […]
While the new year brings such hope for the months ahead, January sadly didn’t fulfil that promise, with more than 277.6 million records breached – higher than in any single month last year. Data from a breach of Twitter was the biggest culprit, with 220 million email addresses leaked by hackers. In other news, T-Mobile […]
2022 became the year of password hygiene, as experts around the world highlighted the very simple, but very important step of improving passwords to help protect your systems. Poor passwords are responsible for millions of breaches every year, and making simple improvements could have a very significant impact. Overall, there were more than 1,000 major […]
The end of the year saw December on average par with many of the months in 2022 when it came to records breached. November saw 32 million records breached, while December came in a close second with 31.5million breached. As the year drew to a close, reflections on the year and predictions for the year […]
November closed with more than 32 million records breached, although a data breach at Twitter and one at Whoosh (a Russian scooter-sharing company) account for the majority of these breached records. An alleged breach at WhatsApp has also put the data of 500 million users up for sale, but this has not been counted in […]
ISO standards provide an internationally-recognised certification in a particular area of your business and have long been recognised as the epitome of doing things the right way. Since 2014, Eurolink has been inspected annually against the ISO27001:2013 standards to review our security management systems, and this year is no exception. November saw us undertake reassessment, […]
