Tag: British
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British govt agents demand action after UK mega-cyberattacks surge 50%
Cyberattacks that meet upper severity thresholds set by the UK government’s cyber agents have risen 50 percent in the last year, despite …
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British rail passengers urged to stay on guard after hack signals failure
Passengers of the UK’s state-owned London North Eastern Railway (LNER) have been warned to be vigilant after cybercriminals accessed …
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British Man Sentenced for Network Rail Wi-Fi Hack
A British man has been sentenced for the hack of Network Rail public Wi-Fi last year which resulted in customers being exposed to …
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British IT worker sentenced to seven months after trashing company network
A judge has sentenced a disgruntled IT worker to more than seven months in prison after he wreaked havoc on his employer’s network …
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Authorities Charge 25-Year-Old British National Linked to IntelBroker Hacks
U.S. and French authorities have charged and detained 25-year-old British national Kai West, believed to be the notorious hacker known as …
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HMRC: Crooks broke into 100k accounts, stole £43M from British taxpayer in late 2024
The UK’s tax collections agency says cyberbaddies defrauded it of £47 million ($63 million) late last year, but insists the criminal case …
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British firms urged to hold video or in-person interviews amid North Korea job scam
British companies are being urged to carry out job interviews for IT workers on video or in person to head off the threat of giving jobs to …
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Ransomware crims hammering UK more than ever as British techies complain the board just doesn’t get it
“[The board is] very involved, they don’t give full autonomy to us to do whatever we want. We need to have a constant dialogue of this is …
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Apple-UK Encryption Saga Continues: British Officials’ Clarification & US Officials’ Warning
Image: garloon/Envato Images Senior officials from the …
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Cyberattack impacts British engineering firm IMI
“As soon as IMI became aware of the unauthorized access, the Company engaged external cyber security experts to investigate and contain the …
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Smashing Security podcast #402: Hackers get hacked, the British Museum IT shutdown, and social media kidnaps
What happens when eager computer enthusiasts unknowingly download a trojanized hacking tool and find themselves on the wrong side of …
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Ex-worker arrested after ‘shutdown’ of British Museum computer systems
London’s world-famous British Museum was forced to partially close its doors at the end of last week, following a serious security breach …
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