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Health information belonging to 500,000 people in the United Kingdom has been stolen and offered for sale on the Chinese website Alibaba, the UK’s technology minister Ian Murray has confirmed. The medical data comes from participants of UK Biobank, the Read More …
The Defence Secretary has ordered an investigation after The Telegraph revealed that the British Army was using Chinese 3D printers to build weapons. Last year, it was revealed that British troops were taking the technology with them into the field Read More …
Personal and sensitive data held by NHS Shetland was breached more than 160 times over the last three years, it can be revealed. Information given to The Shetland Times through a Freedom of Information (FoI) request showed there was 161 Read More …
SANTA ANA, California – A United Kingdom man pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to hack into the computer systems of at least a dozen companies via text message phishing attacks and to steal at least $8 million in Read More …
The official email accounts of public officials all over the world have been leaked online, with many exposed alongside their plaintext passwords, making it trivial for an attacker to breach their accounts. Researchers at Proton scoured the darker side of Read More …
British oil and gas company Zephyr Energy says someone stole £700,000 (close to $1 million) from one of its U.S.-based subsidiaries by redirecting a payment meant for a contractor into a hacker-controlled account. In a regulatory filing with the London Read More …
The financially motivated cybercriminal actor tracked by Microsoft Threat Intelligence as Storm-1175 operates high-velocity ransomware campaigns that weaponize N-days, targeting vulnerable, web-facing systems during the window between vulnerability disclosure and widespread patch adoption. Following successful exploitation, Storm-1175 rapidly moves from Read More …
Nearly 80 percent of British manufacturers say they’ve been hit by a cyber incident in the past year, as new research suggests disruption on the factory floor is no longer an exception but business as usual. According to security outfit Read More …
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers were given access to strangers’ banking transactions in a major online data breach this morning. Customers were able to view charges and payments on their banking apps that were not linked to their Read More …
Many businesses in Wales lack the readiness to meet cyber security threats while also underestimating their potential costs, shows new research. Undertaken by Bridgend-based managed services provider CSG, the research focused on firms across construction, manufacturing, professional services, retail, public Read More …
