2017 appears to have been a quiet year for product recalls in the UK. According to the FSA website there were only 45 recalls of food products (down from 76 in 2016); whilst recalls of electrical products were down from 61 to 32 (see Electrical Safety First). Before we get too excited though, looking at […]
A quick summary of the cyber news today, and it is clear that the same key lessons are emerging as have already been noted this week. Indian restaurant guide, Zomato, is reporting the theft of data of some 17 million users. From the phrasing in their blog, it appears that they have just found the breach,
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There is widespread coverage of a large fire that has broken out at a research building attached to The Christie. The fire started at around 10.35, being brought under control shortly before 1500hrs, although still not extinguished. The nature of this incident would test even the most developed and well-rehearsed business continuity plan, from both
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The announcement yesterday that Merlin Entertainments had been fined £5m for the crash at Alton Towers last year in which 16 people were injured came as little surprise. What has been startling though is Merlin’s dramatic fall from grace over the last 12 months. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, the operator was being
There was an interesting postscript today to the story of the data breach at TalkTalk last October. You will recall that the at first it was feared that personal details of all 4 million of the company’s customers could have been compromised, although the breach ultimately turned out to be much less serious. The company
We have frequently commented on the high costs to businesses, most commonly banks, of IT glitches; but what is the impact when your business is entirely web-based? Yesterday’s disruption to Twitter, which left some users locked out and others receiving only an intermittent service, provides a fascinating case study. It also provided some much-needed humour
I thought it was time for another fun example of incident management and our adventure on the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) yesterday fits the bill perfectly. Setting off from Wansford we happily chugged West but, turning around at Yarwell Junction, the steam engine suffered a mechanical fault. This would not normally be a major problem
A major product recall is under way after London Fire Brigade confirmed that a Beko fridge freezer was the cause of a fire in a tower block in Bermondsey last week. LFB went on to explain that they believe that this model of fridge freezer has caused 20 fires in London alone over the last
