Do we need tougher breach notification rules?

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The Travelex ransomware raises the question, once again, of whether organisations should be obliged to provide more information

When Travelex was hit by a ransomware attack on New Year's Eve, not just taking down its website, but the systems that enable it to do business, it was days before it even admitted it. Even then, i...

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