TalkTalk has confirmed that it has suffered a "significant and sustained cyber-attack." TalkTalk has which has over 4 million customers in the UK.
While details are limited, TalkTalk has said that the hackers may have accessed its customer database - including names, addresses, date of birth, email address, telephone numbers, TalkTalk account information, credit card and/or bank details:
New Cyber Growth Partnership initiative the CGP Exchange launched at UKTI Cyber Demonstration Centre aims to help boost UK Cyber Capability and exports through sector collaboration
London, UK: British cyber security specialist, Becrypt, has participated in the launch of a major new initiative to promote good cyber security practice and UK cyber capability. Becrypt CEO Dr. Bernard Parsons was one of a number of presenters at the launch event for the Cyber Growth Partnership web-based CGP Exchange, which was held at the UK Cyber Demonstration Centre, Westminster. Both the CGP Exchange and the Centre were formally launched by Lord Francis Maude, Minister of State for Trade & Investment.
Maintenance is a vital and legally required factor in ensuring the continued safety of a rolling shutter. However, in many locations, safety-critical elements of the shutter are hidden behind fixed panels and cannot be accessed by service engineers.
The warning that the safety of many shutters is seriously compromised has come from the Door & Hardware Federation which represents the UK's leading manufacturers and maintainers of industrial and commercial shutters and doors.
It is vital that an engineer or technician carrying out service and maintenance can reach the shutter's fixings, springs, brakes, drive chains, electrical wiring and other structural parts that make up the head-gear of a shutter. Over the operating life of a shutter these parts are all subject to wear, corrosion and failure. Such failures have been responsible for deaths and injuries and therefore these parts must be accessible to be inspected in a planned maintenance programme.
In response to recent reports of increased shopping basket theft, Checkpoint Systems, a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has revealed that stores can use its existing Alpha O-Tag solution to minimise basket disappearances.
Following the introduction of the carrier bag levy on 5 October, a number of grocery chains have been testing solutions to deter people from removing baskets from their stores. With thousands disappearing in Scotland and Wales when similar charges were introduced, retailers have been keen to avoid similar issues in England.
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