All news on the topic: Cyberattacks

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Britain faces growing "grey-zone war" threat from Russia, Iran and China
Britain is facing a major national security challenge from hostile states operating below the threshold of war, the country’s independent reviewer of terrorism and state threats legislation has warned.
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Russian hacker Vitaly Kovalev is covering his tracks: mentions of sanctions and ties to Trickbot and Conti are disappearing from the internet
Russian hacker Vitaly Kovalev, also known as Bentley and Ben, is reportedly trying to remove online references to sanctions imposed on him by the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Russia builds new military base near Finland border as NATO tensions grow
Russia has begun construction on a new military base eerily close to Finland’s eastern border for the first time since the USSR collapsed.
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Hackers tied to Iranian intelligence threaten US Marines after major data leak
A hacking group linked to the Iranian government has issued deadly threats to US Marines in the Middle East after leaking their personal information.
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Cyberattack on Booking.com leaks customer booking data, scale still unclear
The accommodation reservation website Booking.com has experienced a data breach with "unauthorized parties" accessing customers’ details.
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Starmer wins voter backing on Iran stance as Farage branded worst alternative
More voters think Keir Starmer made the right calls in responding to Donald Trump’s war in Iran, a new poll has found.
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Hacker impersonates employee to bypass security in call linked to major UK cyberattacks
To a casual listener, the phone call between an employee and his IT helpdesk was standard fare. The man on the end of the phone was locked out of his account and wanted to reset his password.
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Nicky Gope Kundnani scandal: legal threats, fake lawyers and cyberattacks follow reports of alleged fraud ahead of Dubai iFX EXPO 2026
Ukrainian media have reported a series of legal threats and cyberattacks following publications about businessman Nicky Gope Kundnani, who has been linked in media reports to alleged fraudulent activities, Dilova Stolytsia reports.
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Chaos online as Amazon servers crash, taking down banks, apps and games worldwide
Dozens of games, apps, and banks experienced disruptions following a global outage.
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19-year-old British hacker Thalha Jubair accused of $115M cyberattacks and ransom schemes
U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal hacking charges against 19-year-old U.K. national Thalha Jubair, alleging that he is a core member of Scattered Spider, a prolific cybercrime group accused of extorting at least $115 million in ransom payments from victims.
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2.1 million records in hackers’ hands: cyberattack cripples Legal Aid Agency’s digital services
The group that carried out the cyber attack says it accessed 2.1 million pieces of data, but this figure has yet to be verified by the Ministry of Justice.
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Marks and Spencer online sales paralyzed as management seeks help from cyber experts
Hundreds of agency staff working for Marks and Spencer have been told to stay at home, with online orders still suspended after a cyberattack.
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China accuses US hackers of DeepSeek cyber strike, calling it a brute force attack
DeepSeek launched a free AI assistant, challenging US artificial models and sparking concerns in America’s AI industry.
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UK issues major cyber-attack warning, citing ’severe and advancing’ threat
Officials have been warned they must ’get on top of this most pernicious threat’ as cyber attacks are ’one of the most serious risks’ currently facing the UK government.
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Smiths Group, a UK engineering firm, suffers from a cyber attack
British engineering firm Smiths Group (SMIN.L), is managing a cybersecurity incident that involved unauthorised access to its systems, the company said on Tuesday...
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Unknown hackers reportedly caused a Darknet crash during the U.S. election
Experts are at a loss as to who temporarily halted access for many users of the darknet — and why they did it.
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UK accuses China of cyberattacks on British democracy
Britain rolls out sanctions and summons Chinese ambassador as it points finger at ‘Chinese state-affiliated actors.’
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China targets group of senior UK politicians with string of cyberattacks as urgent meeting called at Westminster
It’s not the first time serious warnings have been made in government about the China threat
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How Qatar hacked the World Cup: British detectives commissioned cyberattacks on critics of the tournament
Private investigators linked to the City of London are using an India-based computer hacking gang to target British businesses, government officials and journalists.