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    ICO Fines UK Water Firms After 20-Month Windows Breach: Lessons for Admins

    On 7 May 2026, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office fined South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc £963,900 after a cyber-attack exposed personal data belonging to roughly 633,887 people, including customers, employees, and some vulnerable service users. The headline number...
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    South Staffs Water Fined £963,900 After Cl0p Ransomware Undetected for 2 Years

    South Staffordshire Plc, parent of South Staffs Water, has been fined £963,900 by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office on May 11, 2026, after a Cl0p ransomware intrusion first begun in September 2020 went undetected until July 2022 and exposed data on 633,887 people. The headline number is...
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