Due diligence cannot be done as a one-off. [Research Saturday]

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🗓️ 6 June 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Earlier this year, a Virgin Media database containing the personal details of 900,000 people was discovered to be unsecured and accessible online for 10 months. The breach was discovered by researchers at the security firm TurgenSec. This breach had major implications under GDPR. Joining us in this week's Research Saturday are George Punter and Peter Hansen from TurgenSec to talk about the discovery of the breach. The research can be found here: Virgin Media Disclosure Statement & Resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the CyberWire Network, powered by N2K.
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1:03.7	Search your first call to discover how SRM can help your business. Hello everyone and welcome to the CyberWire's Research Saturday.
1:25.0	I'm Dave Bitner and this is our weekly conversation with researchers and
1:28.9	analysts tracking down threats and vulnerabilities and solving some of the hard problems of protecting
1:34.3	ourselves in a rapidly evolving cyberspace.
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