Britons using government website data.gov.uk have been urged to change their passwords after private information was accidentally leaked to a "third party system".

More than half of IT security professionals are concerned that the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation in May 2018 will prevent them from using the cloud to store sensitive data.

The UK government has launched a new Cyber Schools Programme aimed to provide students aged between 14 and 18 with some of the skills necessary to work in the cyber security industry.

One in ten small and medium sized businesses are at risk of data breaches due to a lack of cyber security, according to a new study. Based on a survey conducted by Reckon, the study found that 10 per cent of SME owners and employees are putting their company at risk of attack by regularly handling sensitive data on their personal accounts and devices.

Half of UK companies have suffered a cyber security breach or attack in the past 12 months, increasing to two thirds when referring to medium and large businesses only, according to new government data.

Spending on cloud-based security services saw a significant increase in the past year, according to data from Gartner.

Employees who are distracted while at work are more likely to cause a human error and risk data security, according to a new poll.

Around 43 per cent of all data breaches in the UK take place in the health sector, according to new statistics released by data security and encryption company Egress. According to the report, there have been a total of 2,447 data breaches between January 2014 and December 2016, which works out as almost four times more than the second highest in the sector, the local government.

Less than half of chief information officers (CIOs) see investment in cyber security as a priority, new research suggests.

The personal information of 26,000 Debenhams Flowers customers has been compromised in a cyber attack. The attack, which targeted Ecomnova, a third-party company which owns the Flowers website, means payment details, names and addresses were potentially taken. The website is separate to Debenhams' main website, Debenhams.com, which was unaffected by the attack.