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Chinese Hack Exposes Ministry Of Defence Payroll Data

Payroll records of nearly all members of the UK's armed forces have been exposed, reportedly to Chinese hackers

8 months ago

Foreign Cyberattack Blamed For Kansas Court System Disruption – Report

Five week disruption to court system in US state of Kansas is being blamed on 'sophisticated foreign cyberattack'

1 year ago

ICO Drops Investigation Into 2020 EasyJet Hack

BA not happy? UK data protection watchdog confirms it is halting EasyJet hack probe due to lack of resources

1 year ago

ICC Confirms Recent Cyberattack Was Espionage

Not a random cyberattack. International Criminal Court confirms September cyberattack was case of “sophisticated espionage”

1 year ago

Sony Confirms Data Breach After MOVEit Tool Compromise

Sony finally confirms it was impacted by the Clop compromise of the MOVEit tool and begins notifying thousands of victims

1 year ago

ICC War Crime Tribunal Admits ‘Cybersecurity Incident’

International tribunal responsible for prosecuting those accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes has been hacked

1 year ago

Electoral Commission Failed Basic Security Test Before Cyberattack

UK Electoral Commission admitted it failed a cybersecurity test in the same year that hackers attacked the organisation

1 year ago

Australia’s Top Health Insurer Hacked

Hacker steals customer data from Australia's leading health insurer Medibank Private, in latest data breach down under

2 years ago

Sentence For Capital One Hacker Slammed By US DoJ

“This is not what justice looks like,” says DoJ official, as judge issues probation sentence for hacker Paige Thompson (aka…

2 years ago

China Alleges NSA Hacked University And Stole Data

Chinese researchers allege NSA infiltrated local telecoms network and a government backed university, and exported “sensitive identity” data

2 years ago

NCSC Confirms Russia Responsible For Viasat Hack

British and US intelligence officials say Russia was behind cyberattack on Viasat communication system – hours before Ukraine invasion

3 years ago

Funky Pigeon Halts Online Orders After Cyberattack

Online greetings card firm Funky Pigeon says cyberattack did not reveal customer passwords or payment data, but it suspends online…

3 years ago

NSO Spyware ‘Used To Hack US Diplomats’

Apple alerts employees of US State Department of hacking by NSO Group's controversial Pegasus spyware as row over state-backed hacking…

3 years ago

Iran Blames Nation State For Cyberattack on Petrol Stations

Petrol distribution network in Iran has reportedly been paralysed after a cyberattack, which some officials have alleged came from a…

3 years ago

Tesco Website Hack Attempt: What We Know So Far

Tesco website and app back online, after hackers apparently attempted to 'intefere' with the supermarket's website and app

3 years ago

Woman Hacks Flight School, Clears Broken Planes To Fly – Report

Worrying development. Flight training school in Florida hacked, and hacker allegedly cleared aeroplanes with maintenance issues to fly

3 years ago

Poly Network Hackers Return $258m, After Huge Cryptocurrency Heist

That still leaves $353m unaccounted for. Hackers return $258m to Poly Network, after stealing $611m worth of digital tokens

3 years ago

Briton Arrested Over Twitter Hack Of Public Figures

Another arrest over the hack of high profile Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barak Obama, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and…

3 years ago

China Denies Microsoft Hacking Claim By The West

Microsoft Exchange hacking claims by the West are 'groundless' Chinese authorities say, after email compromise earlier this year

3 years ago

US Teenage Twitter Hacker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison

Graham Ivan Clark hacked high profile Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Barak Obama, Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian West

4 years ago

Salesforce’s LinkedIn Account Hijacked With Black Lives Matter Post

CRM giant Salesforce confirms its LinkedIn social media account have been compromised, following unauthorised BLM post last week

4 years ago

Microsoft Blames China For Mail Server Hack

State-sponsored hacking group Hafnium, operating out of mainland China, responsible for Microsoft mail server hack, firms announce

4 years ago

SolarWinds Compromise May Have Started Earlier Than First Thought

US Senator on Intelligence Committee warns that Russian hack of US government departments may have begun earlier than first thought

4 years ago

Japanese Nuclear Regulator Suffers Cyber Attack – Report

Nuclear agency in Japan (the Nuclear Regulation Authority) reportedly suffers a cyber attack and switched off its email systems

4 years ago

US Officials Call For Federal Oversight Of Social Media Firms

Twitter's self regulation not working says US report, citing its embarrassing hack in the summer that compromised high profile accounts

4 years ago

Twitter Admits Hackers Viewed Direct Messages Of 36 Accounts

Hackers have read the private DMs (direct messages) of 36 Twitter accounts, including an elected official in the Netherlands

4 years ago

Twitter Admits 130 High Profile Accounts Targeted, As FBI Investigates

Hackers targeted 130 Twitter accounts, as the FBI investigates how the unprecedented hack compromised the firm's internal systems

4 years ago

Hackers Steal Data From US Nuclear Missile Contractor

Confidential data from the US military contractor that supports the Minuteman III nuclear deterrent has been stolen by hackers

5 years ago

Angela Merkel Slams ‘Outrageous’ Russian Hacking

German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed she was targeted by hackers, linked to Russia's military intelligence (GRU) agency

5 years ago

WhatsApp Alleges NSO Was ‘Deeply Involved’ In Hack – Report

Facebook unit files new court documents alleging NSO was 'deeply involved' in mobile phone hack of 1,400 WhatsApp users, including…

5 years ago