cyberattack

UK Security Budgets Under Strain As Cyber Incidents Soar

Report from iomart and Oxford Economics finds UK businesses struggling to balance security budgets, amid soaring cyber incidents

7 months ago

Ransomware Attack Blamed As Logistics Firm Collapses

Devastating ransomware attack blamed, as veteran firm KNP Logistics enters administration with 730 jobs lost

7 months ago

ICC War Crime Tribunal Admits ‘Cybersecurity Incident’

International tribunal responsible for prosecuting those accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes has been hacked

7 months ago

Manchester Police Officer Data Compromised In Supplier Attack

Ransomware attack on third-party supplier has compromised data of staff employed by Greater Manchester Police (GMP)

7 months ago

UK Ministry Of Defence Documents Leaked After Supplier Hack

MoD documents allegedly leaked online after cyberattack on fencing supplier by Russia-linked LockBit ransomware gang

8 months ago

Electoral Commission Failed Basic Security Test Before Cyberattack

UK Electoral Commission admitted it failed a cybersecurity test in the same year that hackers attacked the organisation

8 months ago

Officials Point To Russia After Electoral Commission Hack

Cyberattack allows hackers to access the names and addresses of tens of millions of voters on the UK's electoral register

9 months ago

Microsoft Identifies Russia-Based Hackers For Teams Phishing Attacks

Phishing attacks against Microsoft Teams is being carried out by Russian-government linked hackers, Redmond warns

9 months ago

US Starts Probe Of Alleged China Hack Of Federal Emails

China's suspected compromise of US Commerce and State department email systems investigated by House Oversight Committee

9 months ago

Cyberattack Impacts Two Ambulance Services

Supply chain attack. Cyberattack on IT supplier impacts two major ambulance services in the United Kingdom

9 months ago

Listed US Firms Must Disclose Cyber Breaches In Four Days

US financial regulator adopts new rules to require publicly traded companies to disclose hacking incidents in just four days

9 months ago

Estee Lauder Hacked And Data Stolen

Cyberattack and data theft against New York-based cosmetic giant Estee Lauder disrupts some business operations

9 months ago

Clop’s MOVEit Hack Hits US Government, As Other Victims Are Named

Russian Clop criminals begin extorting MOVEit data-theft victims, with US government agencies also attacked

10 months ago

Russian Clop Criminals Issue Ultimatum After Mass Hack

Cybercriminal gang Clop warn hack victims to get in touch before 14 June, or their stolen data will be published

11 months ago

UK’s National Cyber Force Outlines ‘Responsible’ Cyber Operations

Agency that carries out offensive cyber operations for the UK, reveals it is engaged against Russian, Chinese and other nation-state…

1 year ago

Acer Confirms Huge 160GB Data Breach

Taiwanese PC giant Acer confirms major data breach, with hacker stealing 160GB of sensitive data and hawking it for sale

1 year ago

Appointments Cancelled After Ransomware Attack On Barcelona Hospital

Cyberattack on major hospital in Spanish city of Barcelona has resulted in cancellation of thousands of appointments

1 year ago

Hackers Begin Publishing Data Of Oakland City Workers

After a ransomware attack last month on the city of Oakland in California, hackers have begun leaking stolen data online

1 year ago

WH Smith Admits Staff Data Accessed In ‘Cyber Incident’

Book and stationary retailer WH Smith investigates a cyber security incident that led to illegal access to some company data

1 year ago

Poland Blames Russian Hackers For Tax Website Attack

Government official says Russia was behind a hacking attack on the Polish tax website, that blocked access to the online…

1 year ago

Dish Network Confirms Outage Was Due To Ransomware Attack

US satellite broadcast Dish Network confirms multi-day outage was a result of a ransomware attack and some data has been…

1 year ago

Ransomware Hackers Ask Victims For Cyber Insurance Details

Varonis warns that HardBit ransomware asks victims to share their cyber insurance details, to help achieve their extortion aims

1 year ago

Oakland Declares State Of Emergency After Ransomware Attack

Californian city declares local state of emergency, after ransomware attack downed city systems earlier this month

1 year ago

T-Mobile Confirms Hacker Stole Data Of 37 Million Customers

Not again. American mobile operator T-Mobile confirms customer data for 37 million users compromised by hacker

1 year ago

Royal Mail Admits Disruption From ‘Cyber Incident’

UK's Royal Mail warns it is “temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations”, after confirmation of 'cyber incident'

1 year ago

LastPass Admits Hackers Obtained Customer Password Vaults

Password manager's update on its August breach confirms customer password vault was stolen, as security experts slate the firm

1 year ago

Cyber-Attacks Set To Become ‘Uninsurable’, Warns Insurance Boss

Chief executive of Zurich Insurance warns that cyber-attacks, rather than natural disasters, will quickly become “uninsurable”

1 year ago

Guardian Newspaper Suffers Ransomware Attack

British newspaper, the Guardian, reveals that it has suffered a “serious IT incident” believed to be a ransomware attack

1 year ago

Telstra Apologises After Error Exposes Data Of 130,000 Customers

Not a malicious cyberattack. Telstra says sorry after database error results in names, addresses of unlisted customers being released

1 year ago

Antwerp City Services Down After Ransomware Attack

Online services at the city of Antwerp, Belgium knocked offline this week after ransomware attack on city's digital partner

1 year ago