Microsoft hack: Biden sets up emergency taskforce as EU banking regulator hit March 9, 2021 US President Joe Biden has launched an investigation into a widespread cyber attack on Microsoft’s email services that may have compromised tens of thousands of businesses. The attack, which was first uncovered last week, has taken advantage of previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s mail server software to potentially gain access to swathes of organisations in [...]
City of London police chief urges banks to report cyber attacks after Wannacry ‘silence’ September 17, 2019 Major public companies decided not to report cyber attacks to the authorities during the worldwide Wannacry breach over fears that their reputations would be tarnished, according to the City of London’s police commissioner. Ian Dyson, who heads up the Square Mile’s police team, has urged banks to come forward with cyber incidents, claiming that some [...]
Facebook has no plans to let 530m users know they were impacted by data breach April 7, 2021 Facebook has no plans to let 530m users know they were impacted by data breach
Internet outage: What is Fastly and how can a glitch bring down the world’s biggest websites? June 8, 2021 The internet was plunged into a temporary blackout this morning as thousands of websites were hit by a global outage. Some of the world’s biggest news sites, including the BBC, Guardian and Financial Times, were hit by the glitch, as well as streaming service Spotify, ecommerce giant Amazon social media platform Reddit and even the [...]
Covid-19 vaccine data ‘unlawfully accessed’ in cyberattack on EU regulator December 9, 2020 Regulation documents related to the Covid-19 vaccine it is developing with Pfizer were “unlawfully accessed” after a cyberattack on Europe’s medicines regulator, biotech firm BioNTech has said. The European Medicines Agency – which is responsible for assessing and approving medicines, medical devices and vaccines for the European Union – said earlier today it had been [...]
ECSC shares rise as data breach fines get cyber consulting back on track September 11, 2019 Shares in ECSC rose more than three per cent this morning after the cybersecurity firm reported renewed demand for its consulting services division. Read more: ECSC revenues jump as it grows client base amid cybersecurity concerns The figures ECSC’s total revenue slipped marginally from £2.64m to £2.63m in the six months to the end of [...]
Hackney Council hit by ‘serious’ cyber attack October 13, 2020 Hackney Council has been hit by a major cyber attack that is affecting many of its services and IT services. The council has called in experts from the National Cyber Security Centre, as well as the Ministry of Housing and local government to investigate the incident. It is unclear which services have been affected, and [...]
Government issues cybersecurity alert for UK education sector September 17, 2020 The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has today issued an alert to the entire education sector over fears that institutions’ cybersecurity is at risk, prompted by the rise in online schooling during the pandemic. Cybersecurity wonks at the NCSC, which is part of the intelligence agency GCHQ, are increasing the support available for UK schools, [...]
Exclusive: Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz OBE on why local boroughs should capitalise on Londoners’ data January 15, 2022 Having received £40m from the Government’s levelling up fund to help build a ‘data corridor’ in London, Rokhsana Fiaz, the Mayor of Newham, argues open data is vital for the capital’s economy. The Council recently launched ‘Newham Sparks’, an initiative to attract investors to develop a data corridor in London, targeted at businesses working in [...]
Marriott International fined £18.4m over customer data breach October 30, 2020 Marriott International has been handed an £18.4m fine by the UK data watchdog over a data breach that compromised the personal details of millions of customers. The fine relates to an attack on the Starwood hotels chain that exposed records belonging to 339m guests worldwide. The cyber attack began in 2014, before Marriott took over [...]