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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 and Kelly Hagedorn

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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