UK: Regulator fines water company almost £1m for cybersecurity failures
Source: DataBreaches.net · Category: Regulatory & Legal
UK Information Commissioner's Office fined South Staffordshire Water £963,900 for cybersecurity failures leading to 2020–2022 breach exposing personal data. Signal: UK ICO enforcing security standards retroactively and heavily. Firms advising UK water/utilities clients should review incident response and data security posture; similar enforcement likely.