Cost of Equifax breach reaches $242.7M

Exposing 145m Equifax customer deets: $240m. Legal fees: $28.9m. Insurance: Priceless https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/27/equifax_breach_cost_240m_to_date/

Hackers hijack government website to mine crypto-cash

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) took down its website after a warning that hackers were taking control of visitors’ computers to mine cryptocurrency. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43025788  

‘Snoopers’ charter’ changes put forward

The government has proposed changes to the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) after accepting that some parts of it are “inconsistent with EU law”. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42195352