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UK’s Data Protection Regulator fines a UK SaaS provider ~$4 million following a ransomware incident

April 4, 2025 By Hanna Hewitt

On March 26, 2025, the UK data protection regulator (the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”)) fined Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (“Advanced”) £3.07 million (approximately $4 million). In 2022, Advanced suffered a ransomware incident that put the personal data of 79,404 people at risk. In its penalty notice, the ICO found that Advanced failed to implement […]

Filed Under: Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management, Crisis & Data Breach Response, Ransomware Fusion Center Tagged With: Data breach, ICO, UK Cybersecurity, UK data protection, UK GDPR

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