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ICO provisionally fines company £6.09m for failure to protect personal information

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Published on: 07 August 2024

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LNB News 07/08/2024

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Issue Date: 07 August 2024

Published Date: 07 August 2024

Jurisdiction(s): England, Scotland and Wales

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has provisionally fined Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd £6.09m as a result of an initial finding that the IT and software services provider failed to implement measures to protect the personal information, including sensitive personal information like medical records, of 82,946 individuals. This preliminary fine follows a ransomware incident from August 2022, during which hackers accessed a number of the company’s health and care systems via a customer account which did not have multi-factor authentication.

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