Wednesday, 18 February 2026

On Saturday, Vodafone UK said hackers had accessed the accounts of around 2,000 of its customers, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month. The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said. Only a handful of those affected in the attack had seen any attempts to use their data for fraudulent activity on their Vodafone accounts. "No credit or debit card numbers or details were obtained. However, this information does leave these 1,827 customers open to fraud and might also leave them open to phishing attempts," a spokesman said. The company was contacting all those involved and that other customers need not be concerned, he said.

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On Saturday, Vodafone UK said hackers had accessed the accounts of around 2,000 of its customers, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month. The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said. Only a handful of those affected in the attack had seen any attempts to use their data for fraudulent activity on their Vodafone accounts. "No credit or debit card numbers or details were obtained. However, this information does leave these 1,827 customers open to fraud and might also leave them open to phishing attempts," a spokesman said. The company was contacting all those involved and that other customers need not be concerned, he said.

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Security researchers from Botfrei have published findings of a new version of the Chimera Ransomware that is currently targeting German SMBs. According to their report, and in a twist to previous ransomware campaigns, Chimera warns those unlucky to encrypt their files that, if they don't pay, their data will be published online. Troy Gill, Manager of Security Research at AppRiver, is sceptical that the malware authors would be able to deliver on this promise.

 

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LONDON, UK; Imperva, Inc. has unveiled a new release of its Imperva Skyfence Cloud Gateway, a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solution. This release includes enhanced data loss prevention (DLP) and new data governance features to help global organizations mitigate the security and compliance risks associated with employee use of file-sync services, such as Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, Box and Dropbox.

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