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Received β€” 22 January 2026 ⏭ The Register – Security

Crims compromised energy firms' Microsoft accounts, sent 600 phishing emails

22 January 2026 at 20:18

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Unknown attackers are abusing Microsoft SharePoint file-sharing services to target multiple energy-sector organizations, harvest user credentials, take over corporate inboxes, and then send hundreds of phishing emails from compromised accounts to contacts inside and outside those organizations.…

Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up

22 January 2026 at 14:39

Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force

GDPR fines pushed past the Β£1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe's regulators were deluged with more than 400Β data breach notifications a day, according to a new survey that suggests the post-plateau era of enforcement has well and truly arrived.…

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