Retailers face 10% hikes to premiums after cyber attacks
Recent ransomware attacks and data breaches are expected to push up rates for the sector
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EU views break from US as โunrealisticโ amid global tech race
A draft strategy obtained by POLITICO points to the difficulty of unwinding years of American technological dominance.
Online gangs of teenage boys sharing extreme material are โemerging threatโ in UK
National Crime Agency says such groups are fuelling crimes including fraud, violence and child sexual abuseBlackmailing girls and encouraging suicide: the young British men in online gangsTeenage boys are joining online gangs where they share sadistic …
EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads to stop hospital hacks
EU health care sector pummeled with cyberattacks in recent years.
Von der Leyenโs first 100 days: What sheโs promised, what it means and what sheโll really deliver
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms. How credible is her plan?
French museums, Olympicsโ venue hit with cyberattack
Dozens of cyberattacks have been foiled since the start of the Games.
NHS England probes data leak after cyber attack on blood-test provider
Health service investigates ransomware hit to determine content of published files
‘Russian criminals’ behind hospitals cyber attack
The former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre says it is a “serious” ransomware attack.
‘Russian criminals’ behind hospitals cyber attack
The former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre says it is a “serious” ransomware attack.
London hospitals declare critical incident after cyber attack
Ransomware attempt on provider forces cancellations and delays blood tests and transfusion deliveries
Operation Endgame: Ukrainian, Western security services bust international hacking group
International probe described by the FBI as the first of its kind results in several arrests and eight people being added to Europol’s most wanted list.
Europol and US seize website domains, luxury goods in $6bn cybercrime bust
โWorldโs largest botnetโ โ spread through infected emails โ taken down through coordinated police action among several countriesUS authorities announced on Thursday that they had dismantled the โworldโs largest botnet everโ, allegedly responsible for n…
Microsoft goes from bad boy to top cop in the age of AI
The tech company fields teams of disinformation-hunters, computer scientists and policy officials in a bid to stop artificial intelligence from gatecrashing the 2024 global election cycle.
Production of Duvel beer hit by cyber-attack
A suspected ransomware attack has left the Belgian brewer unable to make beer at four of its sites.
Production of Duvel beer hit by cyber-attack
A suspected ransomware attack has left the Belgian brewer unable to make beer at four of its sites.
30 Things Joe Biden Did as President You Might Have Missed
Drone armies, expanded overtime pay and over-the-counter birth control pills are just some of the new things Biden has ushered in as president that you might not have heard about.
UK vulnerable to โcatastrophicโ ransomware attack, MPs warn
LONDON โ MPs have warned that swathes of the United Kingdomโs critical national infrastructure are vulnerable to ransomware which the government is ill prepared to fend off. In a report published Wednesday, the U.K. parliamentโs joint committee on the national security strategy called for the Cabinet Office to take over responsibility for ransomware from the [โฆ]
Ransomware hackers ‘wreaking havoc’ arrested in Ukraine
Cyber police carry out raids to dismantle gang responsible for hacking hundreds of organisations.
โKeyโ ransomware suspect arrested in Ukraine: Europol
US, European and Ukrainian police have arrested a ringleader of a notorious hacker gang operating from Ukraine which used ransomware to fleece hundreds of millions of euros from their victims, Europol said Tuesday (28 November).
German government reports risk of cyber threats higher than ever
Germany is currently experiencing a peak in cyber threats, with the risk of ransomware attacks considered to be particularly high, according to the latest situation report from the German Federal Office for Information Security.
Online media oversight in debate and cyber-awareness month
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