All news on the topic: Cyber attacks

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Chinese military intelligence accused of luring foreigners through LinkedIn jobs
The United States and its main intelligence allies say Chinese military intelligence services are using online job platforms and professional networking sites to target foreigners with access to sensitive information.
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Britain faces "most dangerous period in decades" as top general
The UK may have to make ‘different choices and different priorities’ in the face of growing threats from Russia.
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GCHQ warns Russia is intensifying hybrid attacks against the UK and Europe
Russia is “relentlessly” targeting critical infrastructure, democratic processes, supply chains, and public trust in the UK and Europe, the head of GCHQ will warn.
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Berlin on alert as suspected Russian cyber spies hack politicians through Signal app
Russian hackers have repeatedly targeted top German politicians, diplomats and military officers by trying to hack into their messaging app Signal through “phishing” attacks, top officials have said.
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Hungarian government leaks nearly 800 passwords while using “Password123” level security
Almost 800 Hungarian government email addresses and associated passwords are circulating online, revealing basic vulnerabilities in the security protocols of ministries involved in classified and sensitive work.
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Iran launches cyber attacks on US after Trump threat to ‘wipe out civilisation’
Iran has launched a series of cyber attacks against the US hours after Donald Trump threatened to wipe out the country’s civilization.
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Hackers seize control of Syrian government profiles during regional escalation
Several official Syrian government accounts on the social media platform X were briefly compromised, the country’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announced on Tuesday, sparking concerns about the security of state digital infrastructure during a period of heightened regional tensions.
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John Healey says Nigel Farage endangers Britain’s national security by opposing troop deployment to Ukraine
Defence Secretary John Healey has said he would not trust Nigel Farage with Britain’s national security after the Reform UK leader said he would vote against plans to deploy British troops to Ukraine alongside France in the event of a peace deal.
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MI5 veteran: UK ‘already at war’ with Russia
The former head of MI5 has warned that we may be ’already at war with Russia’ as Vladimir Putin launched a brutal 12-hour bombardment of Kyiv.
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Customer names and contacts exposed in Harrods breach
Harrods has warned some customers that their personal data may have been taken in an IT systems breach.
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The UK experiences daily cyberattacks as experts warn that civilians could be the next target
Britain is already under daily cyberattack, and the next casualty may not be a hacked network or paralysed business but ordinary people, a leading security expert has warned.
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After the attack on M&S, hackers target Co-op: partial paralysis of back office and call center
The Co-op supermarket has been hit by a cyber attack, days after hackers caused chaos at Marks and Spencer.
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Cyberattack on M&S: the attack caused the company’s market capitalization to drop by £500 million and paralyzed online sales
A hack has erased over £500 million from Marks & Spencer’s stock market value in the past week.
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China-backed hackers breached the US Treasury in a major cyber attack
Chinese hackers have accessed US documents in a ‘major cybersecurity incident’.
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FBI issues urgent warning to iPhone and Android users about ’massive and ongoing’ cyber attack
The FBI has warned people not to send text messages between Apple and Android phones amid massive and ongoing cyber attacks
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Traffic on the M20 is at a standstill as Transport for London releases an update regarding a cyber attack affecting systems
It’s been an eventful travel day already – and now there is more drama after a horse escaped onto the M20 while TfL gave an update on the cyber attack.
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Hacker sentenced to prison after Jobcentre experiences cyber attacks
A university student who created malware targeting government websites while living with his parents has been jailed for 21 months.
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Billions of passwords suddenly leaked - check now to see if yours is on the list
Users of online services are being urged to check their passwords after nearly 10 billion codes are leaked.
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NHS confirms patient data stolen in cyberattack
NHS England has confirmed its patient data managed by blood test management organisation Synnovis was stolen in a ransomware attack on 3 June.
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Cyber attack forces three major hospitals to cancel surgeries
A cyber attack has forced three major hospitals to cancel operations and divert emergency patients elsewhere.
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Cybercriminals allege hacking of EU police agency, posting data online
Sensitive data from the EU’s police agency appeared for sale on a cybercrime forum.
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China poses genuine and increasing cyber risk, UK spy agency head says
China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the United Kingdom, the head of British spy agency GCHQ said on Tuesday, adding that while Russia and Iran represented an immediate threat, Beijing was an epoch-defining challenge.
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Shock ensues as 330 schools hacked, with images and children’s information potentially being sold online to predators
Cyber experts have identified two reasons why schools might be particularly vulnerable to being hacked
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MoD data breach: State involvement cannot be ruled out in armed forces hack, says Grant Shapps
State involvement cannot be ruled out in a hack of an armed forces payroll system, the defence secretary has said.
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Germany summons Russian envoy regarding cyber-attacks in 2023
Investigation finds hacker group linked to Russian intelligence responsible for attacks targeting politicians and defence sector
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