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German Suspect Confesses To Mass Data Leak
20 year old student admits he was behind massive data leak of German politicians, celebrities and public figures
Merkel Included In Hack Of German Politicians
Personal data belonging to Chancellor Angela Merkel included in hack of hundreds of German politicians
Android Weather App Collects Personal Data, Warns Upstream
Pre-installed weather app has been harvesting email addresses and mobile identity numbers
Fake Wax Hand Cracks Vein Authentication
Biometric bypass sees researchers use fake wax hand to trick vein authentication system
US Newspapers Hit By Cyber-Attack
Printing and distribution of major US newspapers disrupted at the weekend after cyber-attack
US Files Charges Against Two ‘Chinese Government Hackers’
Two Chinese men belonging to Advanced Persistent Threat 10 hacking group are charged by US authorities
US Ballistic Missile System Riddled With Cyber Vulnerabilities
Hackable ICBMs? America's ballistic missile system is poor secured and includes an unpatched vulnerability from 1990
NASA Staff Data Stolen In Server Hack
Houston, we have a problem. Server breach at American agency sees data stolen from past and current staff
Drones Halt Flights At Gatwick Airport
Sightings of drones at airfield halts flights at Gatwick airport, causing significant disruption and delays
One In Four NHS Trusts Spent No Money On Cybersecurity
WannaCry lessons? In the past year, a quarter of NHS spent absolutely nothing on cyber-security training
Australia Passes Controversial Encryption Law
The day online privacy died, as Australia passes law to give police, security services access to encrypted messages
New Zealand Rejects Huawei 5G Kit, Citing Security Risks
“Significant network security risk” allegedly identified with Huawei 5G kit by New Zealand authorities
JavaScript Code Compromises Bitcoin Wallets
Popular JavaScript library injected with malicious code to steal coins from cryptocurrency wallet
GCHQ Warns Brits Of Black Friday Cybercrime
Issues top tips to help Brits avoid being a victim of cyber-crime over the Black Friday period
Cathay Pacific Admits Hack Went On For Months
Airline admits it was under sophisticated attack for months, and took six months to inform the world
RSA Conference 2019: Security Startups To Pitch For ‘Dragon...
Conference to allow security start-ups to pitch to venture capitalists, amid competition to find most innovative security start-up
HSBC Confirms Data Breach Of US Customers
US Bans Exports To Chinese Chip Firm Fujian Jinhua
Trade wars or national security? US government places Chinese chip firm on export ban list amid allegations of IP theft
British Airways Confirms Theft Of Additional Data
Another 185,000 payment card data stolen, after BA uncovers second hack whilst investigating the first
Cathay Pacific Admits Hack Of 9.4 Million Customer Records
Another data breach in the aviation industry, as airline admits compromise of personal data for 9.4 million passengers
Morrisons Faces Hefty Compensation Claim After Losing Appeal
Court of Appeal rules that supermarket is liable for rogue employee who posted salary details online
IBM Quarterly Results Reveal Growth Challenge
Bad day at the office for Ginni Rometty as IBM financials shrink yet again, as software sales stutter
National Cyber Security Centre Reveals Scale Of Cyber Attacks
Two year since its launch, NCSC helped the UK against almost 1,200 cyber attacks, most carried out by hostile nation states
MoD Secrets Exposed In Multiple Data Breaches – Report
Sensitive British defence data has been exposed in multiple breaches in 2017, heavily redacted incident reports show
WhatsApp Fixes Video Call Flaw That Allowed Account Hijack
Facebook service fixes video call flaw that could allow hackers to hijack user accounts
Facebook Hack May Result In GDPR Penalty
Irish regulator says 10 percent of the hacked 50 million Facebook accounts are based in Europe
Tesco Bank Fined £16.4m By Regulator Over 2016 Cyber-Attack
That's gonna sting. Tesco's banking division has been slapped with a £16.4m fine for customer account breach
Hacker To Live-Stream Hack Of Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page
Big boast. Tune in on Sunday to see if hacker can deliver on promise to hack Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page
US State Department Suffers Email System Breach
Slow roll-out of two factor authentication blamed after State Department admits email data breach