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China cyber attacks a reminder Beijing poses ‘constant and sophisticated’ threat to western cybersecurity | Science & Tech News
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The fact China is attempting to spy on the UK and others online should come as no surprise. This latest announcement from government is more of a reminder that the activity is constant, and increasingly sophisticated. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has now implicated a Chinese-backed hacking group, APT31, of attempting to target…
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Love Island star says ‘cyber flashers’ bombard her with penis photos – and threaten to turn up at her home | UK News
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After Amy Hart appeared on Love Island, men started sending her unsolicited pictures of their penises online. As her social media following grew to one million after being on the show in 2019, she says she was consistently tagged in ‘dick pics’. “You’re flicking through the Instagram stories you’ve been tagged in and they just…
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Five Russian nationals charged after disruption of notorious cyber crime gang Lockbit | UK News
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US authorities have charged five Russian nationals after a global operation to take down an infamous cyber crime gang that holds victims’ data to ransom. Lockbit has been disrupted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and a coalition of international police agencies, including the FBI, who have taken control of the group’s extortion website. The…
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Hacking the hackers: How cyber gang Lockbit was ‘locked out’ | Science & Tech News
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One of the world’s most prolific cyber crime gangs has been taken down by law enforcement agencies including the FBI, Europol and the UK’s National Crime Agency. Lockbit is an extortion website that held its victims’ data for ransom – some of the biggest UK bodies affected were the Royal Mail and the NHS. Five…
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Britons must ‘strengthen defences’ against growing threat of AI-assisted ransomware, cyber security chief warns | UK News
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Britons must “strengthen their defences” against the growing threat posed by ransomware developed or enhanced using artificial intelligence (AI), the head of the UK’s cyber security agency has warned. It comes as a new report from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that AI is lowering the barrier of entry to novice cyber…
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AI poses growing threat to next general election, warns UK cyber security agency | UK News
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Advances in artificial intelligence pose a growing threat to the integrity of the next general election in the UK, Britain’s cyber security agency has warned. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said countries such as Russia would likely seek to meddle with the outcome of the poll – which must take place by January 2025…
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Royal Family’s official website targeted in cyber attack | UK News
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The royal website has been hit by a cyber attack, a royal source has told Sky News. The denial of service attack, or DDoS, is when an excess of traffic is directed to a website, overwhelming its server and disrupting its functioning. While the royal website was online on Sunday lunchtime, it appeared to be running…
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Lack of cyber security experts in Whitehall should ‘send chill down government’s spine’, MPs warn | Politics News
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A lack of cyber security experts in Whitehall should “send a chill down the government’s spine”, according to a new report. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said there was a “digital skills shortage” across departments, with just 4.5% of the civil service made up of tech professionals – compared to between 8% and 12% in…
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Cyber gang issues ultimatum to BBC, BA and Boots after hack | Business News
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The gang thought to have carried out a cyber attack on companies including BA and Boots has given victims a deadline to negotiate or have the hacked information published online. The suspected Russian group Clop, which claimed responsibility for the attack, issued the notice on the dark web to victims of the MOVEit software hack.…
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BA, BBC and Boots hit by cyber security breach with contact and bank details exposed | Business News
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The BBC, British Airways and Boots have been caught up in a cyber incident that has exposed employee personal data, including bank and contact details, to hackers. It emerged last week that a so-called zero-day vulnerability – a flaw – in the file transfer system MOVEit, produced by Progress Software, had been exploited by cyber…