Northern Ireland: Man arrested in connection with PSNI data breach

Detectives investigating criminality linked to the PSNI data breach have arrested a 54-year-old man. Data relating to all 9,483 PSNI officers and staff was mistakenly included in a spreadsheet published online last August in response to a freedom of information Read More …

UK teen arrested for alleged role in MGM Resorts cyberattack

A 17-year-old boy from Walsall has been arrested in connection with the September 2023 cyberattack that crippled MGM Resorts for several days. The West Midlands Police, working alongside the FBI and the National Crime Agency (NCA), apprehended the teenager on Read More …

HS2 investigating possible misconduct tied to ‘serious’ data breach

HS2 has launched a formal investigation into allegations of gross misconduct tied to a “serious” data breach earlier in the year, City A.M. understands. Sources allege the incident took place in late May. HS2 Ltd, the company sponsored by the Read More …

Student who created malware worth £45k while living with parents is jailed

A university student who created malware targeting government websites while living with his parents has been jailed. Amar Tagore, 21, a third year university student, offered buyers malware (malicious software) to disrupt corporate and state-run websites, while living with his Read More …

London council slammed for ‘severe’ data breach in ‘avoidable’ cyber attack

Britain’s data watchdog has lambasted London’s Hackney Council for a cyber attack that “severely” impacted residents, saying the breach was “a clear and avoidable error.” In October 2020, hackers infiltrated Hackney’s systems, accessing, encrypting, and in some instances exfiltrating personal Read More …

APT40 Advisory PRC MSS tradecraft in action

The PRC state-sponsored cyber group has previously targeted organisationsin various countries, including Australia and the United States, and the techniques highlighted below are regularly used by other PRC state-sponsored actors globally. Therefore, the authoring agencies believe the group, and similar Read More …

NHS remains vulnerable to further cyber-attacks

A leading cybersecurity expert has warned that the NHS remains vulnerable to further cyber-attacks unless it updates its computer systems. This stark assessment comes in the wake of a major ransomware attack that has severely disrupted healthcare services across London. Read More …

Cyber attack ‘nothing to do with dispute’, says British Medical Association

The British Medical Association (BMA) has defended doctors striking at hospitals running at reduced capacity due to a significant cyber attack. While some junior doctors have been granted permission to return to work due to safety concerns, a number have Read More …

UK and US cops band together to tackle Qilin’s ransomware shakedowns

UK and US cops have reportedly joined forces to find and fight Qilin, the ransomware gang wreaking havoc on the global healthcare industry. In early June, the notorious Russia-based crew attacked Synnovis, which provides pathology services to National Health Service’s Read More …