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An international NCA-led investigation – Operation Destabilise – has exposed and disrupted Russian money laundering networks supporting serious and organised crime around the world: spanning from the streets of the UK, to the Middle East, Russia, and South America. Investigators Read More …
A woman has been arrested over a potential data breach at a national utility service provider last year. The woman, aged in her 20s, was arrested yesterday and is detained at a garda station in Dublin. The potential breach was Read More …
Ransomware hackers have continued an assault on National Health Service trusts across the United Kingdom by compromising multiple hospitals, exposing sensitive patient data and disrupting emergency services. Inc Ransom, a prolific Russia-linked ransomware group that claimed responsibility for an attack Read More …
Recent months have seen a surge in mailings with lookalike email attachments in the form of a ZIP archive containing JScript scripts. The script files – disguised as requests and bids from potential customers or partners – bear names such Read More …
Italian professional football club Bologna FC is allegedly a recent victim of the RansomHub cybercrime gang, according to the group’s dark web postings. The ransomware crims responsible for attacks on organizations including Planned Parenthood and Christie’s – the same crew thought Read More …
Sadiq Khan has admitted victims of a Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack may never get their money back. Tens of thousands of Londoners are feared to have been left out of pocket after hackers gained access to the travel authority’s Read More …
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws that toughen penalties for illegal gathering and distribution of personal data. Administrative liability New fines are introduced. In particular, they total up to 15 mln rubles ($141,000) for illegal transfer of personal information and Read More …
The Metropolitan Police has apologised to victims of the Westminster “honeytrap” scandal after it accidentally sent an email which named all of them. The force said it was referring itself to data watchdog the Information Commissioner over the breach. The Read More …
A nuclear body has launched a cyber security hub to help protect itself from IT threats. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) opened the centre at Herdus House in Moor Row, near the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria. It said the Group Read More …
Starbucks has confirmed that a ransomware attack on software supplier Blue Yonder has disrupted its internal systems for managing employee schedules and tracking work hours. The incident has primarily affected Starbucks’ North American operations, including approximately 11,000 stores across the Read More …
