Tesco Bank facing £30m fine from FCA over 2016 cyber attack

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Tesco 'actively negotiating' with Financial Conduct Authority in a bid to slash the size of the proposed fine

Tesco Bank could be fined as much as £30 million over its 2016 cyber attack that compromised the accounts of at least 40,000 of its seven million customers.  The attack in November 2016 is one o...

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