Stephen Bonner

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🆕 We have issued a reprimand to the London Borough of Hackney (Hackney) after hackers gained access to and encrypted 440,000 files, affecting at least 280,000 people. Read more about the cyber-attack: ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…

We see hundreds of reports of breaches that are all down to someone accidentally hitting CC when they meant to use BCC. Don’t let one letter be the cause of your data breach – read our guidance to work out when BCC is the best choice: ico.org.uk/for-organisati…

@quentynblog en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarfega This stuff is amazing.

The report has practical advice to help you understand common security failures and take simple steps to improve your organisation's security, preventing future data breaches ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…

If God wanted us to build Type 1 Civilization, he would have: 1. put a giant fusion reactor in the sky (emitting blackbody radiation around 5800 K) 2. made 28% of Earth's crust out of a semiconductor with a matching bandgap (~1.1 eV or so) 3. filled the oceans with an alkali metal we could use to store limitless quantities of energy (sodium or something similar) That would be a crazy coincidence...

"The vast majority of medical professionals take this seriously." Stephen Bonner from the ICO's office says the alleged data breach regarding Princess Kate's medical records is a "rare occurrence". trib.al/21ePyzT 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

@stephenbonner — I’m not sure what you said, but I look rather surprised/worried! 😂 #CIISecLive2023

Hang up, report them to us – you don’t owe nuisance callers your time. We have the power to fine organisations that make nuisance calls up to £500,000. Since last April we’ve issued over £2,440,000 in fines. Report any nuisance calls to us: ico.org.uk/make-a-complai…

I have on several occasions argued that cybersecurity professionals need to be better at explaining cyber threats to C levels. One way to do that is to describe the cybercriminals’ business model. A thread 🧵 /1

@WhosTheSuit @SonOfSunTzu Butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, Clamato.

@krishgm Watch the full interview here: channel4.com/news/ico-fines…

Tiktok has been fined £12.7m for breaches of data protection and misusing children's data. @krishgm talks to Stephen Bonner, the deputy commissioner of the ICO, the UK watchdog that lead this investigation, about the harm these breaches cause.

8bit regulator? yes please.

NEW: We want to help games designers understand exactly how to apply the Children’s code. Our new top tips page outlines what you need to know and practical steps you can take:ico.org.uk/for-organisati…

LGBTQ+ History Month is celebrated every February across the UK. At the ICO, our Pride network is working alongside our other staff groups to show the achievements of a wide range of LGBTQ+ icons past and present. 🧵

@MKupperman And that isn’t even the maddest problem that these compression tools have caused googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep…

here are the paragraphs i'm talking about

I read the New Yorker article on ChatGPT and the part that really upset me was the bit about how xerox machines work now.

@EleanorDallaway Or if you want a real cludge to get you going and have a dongle, you can share the dongle with the rest of your network. support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ma…

@EleanorDallaway I had success with a 5g hub. (Depends on what mobile coverage you can get). shop.ee.co.uk/broadband/5g-b… I went for an unlocked one and a different data sim. I would offer to lend you mine but I’m away from home until mid next week. Sorry!

Who wants to hear a very frustrating story about an incompetent internet company, @Plusnet ? Probably no-one, but as a tech journalist, I cannot NOT vent…An angry 🧵… 1: Yesterday was the day we were moving to full fibre wifi. Yay, you say. Ha.

Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?