Tag: British
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The British public need to be better prepared for emergencies | Letter
Your editorial (Britain’s fragile systems: when global shocks hit your shopping bill, 1 May) makes clear that the public need to be more …
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British Hacker Tyler Buchanan Pleads Guilty to $8M Hacking Scheme in US
Tyler Robert Buchanan, a 24-year-old British hacker linked to Scattered Spider, admits to a multi-year US hacking scheme involving at least …
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British military to get legal OK to swat drones near bases
Britain’s defense personnel will be given the authority to neutralize drones threatening military bases under measures being introduced in …
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Best of British: UK’s infosec envoys include Cisco, Palo Alto, and Accenture
Britain’s digital economy minister has sent forth a raft of companies as “ambassadors” to help organizations across the land embrace the …
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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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