Personal details of around one million Coachella attendees have been leaked, promoters of the US music festival have confirmed. While personal details were stolen, financial information is safe, Coachella said. Motherboard reported that information of some festival-goers was available for sale on the dark web for $300.

Just four per cent of cyber crime professionals are happy with their enterprise’s cyber security investments as they express concerns that firms must do more to properly manage critical business data.

There was a 140 per cent spike in major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the last three months of 2016, driven by unsecured Internet of Things (IoT) devices, according to new research by Akamai.

The Queen has formally opened the UK’s new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is tasked with defending the country against cyber attacks. The centre, officially part of GCHQ, replaces a range of other government agencies that had cyber security responsibility, including the CCA, CESG, CERT UK and more.

Two-thirds of websites are leaving themselves vulnerable to a hacking attack, new research suggests. A study by security firm Rapid7 found only 33 per cent of sites its researchers tested had no vulnerabilities, highlighting how important it is for firms to look at their online security.

Large firms are split on who should deal with the aftermath of a cyber attack, with a study by BAE Systems showing senior managers think IT staff should deal with data breaches but IT bosses thinking the responsibility should lie with board members.

Retailer Sports Direct has revealed that personal data for 30,000 of its employees were stolen in a data breach - although it waited until this year to tell affected staff. Hackers broke into the company’s systems last September, stealing names, email addresses and phone numbers by exploiting a vulnerability in its DNN platform.

Companies are losing 20 per cent of their revenues and missing out on new business because they can’t adequately manage all the security issues affecting their operations, new research suggests.

Businesses are being urged to fully prepare for the threat presented by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks - they are set to get worse in scope and scale, Deloitte says.

Lloyds Banking Group experienced a 48-hour distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack this month as cyber criminals attempted to block access to millions of accounts, demanding a large ransom to end the onslaught.