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Risks of reusing passwords can leave you vulnerable to cyberattacks
There are many risks of reusing passwords, all of which can make you more vulnerable to cyberattacks. When serious data breaches occur and your personal information is exposed, victims who reuse passwords can be at a greater at risk of being targeted by cybercriminals.
For example, with the Virgin Media data breach, names, email addresses, and telephone numbers have been exposed in the breached. With criminals potentially having access to this information, they may be able to hack into accounts or attempt email phishing scams, or cold call scams. This will usually be to get personal information from the victims so they can access more of their online accounts. In this case, the risks of reusing passwords could be extremely high, leaving people at high risk of fraudulent activity.
Have you been affected by Virgin Media’s confidential data breach?
It is important to note that, if you have been affected by Virgin Media’s confidential data breach, you could be eligible to claim compensation now.
It is extremely important for the victims affected to step forward and make a claim to hold Virgin Media responsible for this preventable event. In the digital age, data security is of the utmost importance to any company, and a data breach of this scale highlights the need for proper security systems and employee training to be in place.
It seems that this confidential data breach could have been prevented if Virgin Media employees were better trained, and they had more effective systems and procedures in place. We have launched the Virgin Media data breach Group Action claim – if you have been affected, now is the time to join.
Victims could claim data theft compensation for Virgin Media data breach
Now is the time to claim compensation for the Virgin Media data breach. If any information has ended up in the hands of criminals, claim data theft compensation with us today.
Victims of the Virgin Media data breach could be eligible to claim data theft compensation with us on a No Win, No Fee basis. You can claim anyway as part of the action but, if the information has been exposed to criminals and has, therefore, been stolen, we could factor this into a case.
Victims could be eligible to claim compensation even if they haven’t suffered any financial loss as a direct result of the breach. The loss of control of personal data, or having personal data stolen if that is the case, could be enough to make a claim.
Compensation for the victims of the Virgin Media data breach
Have you been affected by the Virgin Media data breach? Virgin Media could be set to pay out a potential £4.5 billion in compensation for the victims of the data breach if the action succeeds and everyone claims.
The breach affected over 900,000 people, mainly Virgin Media broadband and telephone landline customers, with some Virgin Mobile customers also affected. The breach occurred between April 2019 and February 2020, leaving victims’ sensitive information accessible online due to an ‘incorrectly configured’ database that stemmed from an employee error.
Further investigations have revealed that the sensitive data was accessed by an unknown third-party during the ten-month breach period, and it remains to be seen if the data has been used for malicious purposes.
A lack of data training can cause data breaches
A lack of data training can be a contributing factor to data breaches such as the Virgin Media data breach earlier this year. This article will look at the effect a lack of data training could have on such breaches and why such training is, therefore, very important.
The number of data breaches occurring has increased in recent years. According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2020: Almost half of businesses (46%) and a quarter of charities (26%) report having cyber security breaches or attacks in the last 12 months. This shows how increasingly important it is for businesses to provide employees with proper data training so they can minimalise the risk of a data breach stemming from an employee error.
Training employees on data handling does not completely minimise the risk of a data breach, and there are still other factors to consider. This includes weak software that does not protect information and could allow cybercriminals to be able to easily hack into databases. Still, a lack of data training is often a significant issue for companies when it comes to data protection breaches.
Join the Virgin Media Data Breach Claim Today
Join the Virgin Media data breach claim action today with Your Lawyers. Each claimant could be eligible to claim up to £5,000 in compensation, which could total a huge £4.5 billion pay-out for Virgin Media.
The Virgin Media data breach affected over 900,000 people – if you are one of the victims affected, you could be eligible to make a claim with us today.
The Virgin Media data breach action is extremely important to hold Virgin Media responsible for their failures. Any data breach is unacceptable, but a breach of this size is shocking; especially from such a well-respected company.
When customers entrust their private information with any company, they expect their data to be safe. That is why it is so important to join the Virgin Media data breach claim now and hold them to account.
Legal advice for victims of the Virgin Media data breach
Here is some legal advice for victims of the Virgin Media data breach, so you can see what you could be entitled to claim for and how the legal action can work.
Victims could be entitled to make a claim for data breach compensation with us on a No Win, No Fee basis, and now is the time to sign-up if you have not done so already.
If you have received confirmation that you have been affected by the leak, you may be eligible to join the Virgin Media data breach compensation action that we have launched. It is looking likely that this will form into a formal Group Litigation Order (GLO) case with the court, which is why we are urging people to take action now.
Warnings for customers of Virgin Media
It is important for us to issue warnings for customers of the Virgin Media data breach, as they could be at risk of harm and fraud following their details being exposed.
It has already been reported that a number of members of the public have been targeted by scammers, and it may be that criminals are using information from the data breach to assist them. Whilst we cannot know for sure, it is important for people to be vigilant, and warnings for customers who could be at risk of being targeted are important to issue.
There have been recent reports of people receiving numerous calls from people claiming to be calling from Virgin Media themselves and asking for sensitive information.
Deadline to Claim for the Virgin Media Data Breach
The deadline to claim for the Virgin Media data breach, that affected over 900,000 people, may be fast approaching.
Now is the time to sign-up to join the Virgin Media Group Action with Your Lawyers – that’s us – as a leading firm of consumer action and data breach lawyers. We offer No Win, No Fee legal representation, and you could be entitled to claim thousands of pounds in damages.
The Virgin Media data breach left 900,000 people’s personal information exposed online for a period of 10 months between April 2019 and February 2020. The breach stemmed from an ‘incorrectly configured database’ resulting from what has been deemed as an employee error. This issue was identified by security researcher TurgenSec.
Sign-up to claim now in the Virgin Media Data Breach Group Action
Have you been affected by the Virgin Media data breach? Sign-up to claim compensation in the Virgin Media Group Action now for the breach of your personal information.
Your Lawyers has launched a Group Action Claim for the data breach, and anyone affected can now sign-up to claim and be a part of it.
The Virgin Media data breach has involved over 900,000 people, mainly customers, with their personal information left exposed online for 10 months between April 2019 and February 2020. Virgin Media claim that the breach was down to an ‘incorrectly configured’ database resulting from an employee error. Investigations into the breach have revealed so far that the database was accessed by an unknown third-party at least once during the 10 months it was exposed. It is still unknown if the third-party will misuse the sensitive information involved.
