Posts Tagged ‘ISO 27001’
Revolut Data Breach: Trusted Channel Abuse
A recent Revolut data breach shows how attackers can exploit trust without breaking into a bank’s core infrastructure. By using a compromised Italian government email account to submit fraudulent customer-data requests, attackers reportedly persuaded Revolut staff to disclose sensitive information linked to roughly 680 customers across several European countries. The incident exposed a second problem:…
Read MoreSME Squeeze: NIS2, AI Act, Ransomware Collide
On January 7, 2026, the ransomware group Akira hit Buhlmann Group, a Hamburg-based steel and metal trading company with roughly 2,000 employees and €428 million in annual revenue. The attackers made off with about 55GB of data — engineering drawings, HR files, financial records — before anyone at the company could respond. Buhlmann wasn’t an…
Read MoreCybersecurity as a Competitive Advantage: A European Perspective
Cybersecurity as a competitive advantage is not how most European businesses frame the conversation — at least not yet. The dominant framing is resilience and regulatory compliance: NIS2, GDPR, DORA, and sector-specific obligations that have raised the bar for governance, incident response, and supply chain oversight. At the same time, geopolitical volatility and economic pressure…
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