All news on the topic: Hacking

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for a criminal investigation of Washington Post Publisher William Lewis’ involvement in allegedly deleting emails related to a phone hacking scandal while he worked as an executive for Rupert Murdoch’s media company.

The data watchdogs of the UK and Canada will investigate genetic testing company 23andMe over a data breach in October 2023.

LockBit, a major criminal gang who runs an online website that organises ransomware cyber attacks, has been involved in many high-profile hackings over the last few years

A DDoS attack against the Royal Family's website earlier this month was intentional and not a smokescreen as the pro-Russian hackers wanted to 'send a message', according to experts

A major Russian cyber crime gang is facing international sanctions from both the US and UK for their hacking activities, which included infiltrating a hospital system during the Covid-19 pandemic

Hackers targeted the database of a firm which handles the security for some of Britain's most secretive sites - including a nuclear submarine base and a chemical weapon lab

London City Airport's website went down shortly before 3pm on Tuesday afternoon amid a claim from pro-Russia hacking group UserSec that it had launched an attack on the travel hub

Diogo Santos Coelho, 23, faces up to 52 years in jail if found guilty amid claims he set up one of the world’s largest hacker forums after quitting school in London at 15

North Korea and hackers linked to the regime are said to have robbed $3billion over recent years in an attempt to help fund their ballistic missile programme

Zellis, a payroll company based in the UK, is understood to have been impacted by a cyber security attack targeting file transfer company MOVEit, with British Airways among the firms impacted

Joseph James O’Connor - known as PlugwalkJoe - pleaded guilty in New York to his role in the July 2020 hacking, in addition to cyberstalking and multiple other schemes

Ukrainian hackers broke into Sergey Morgachev's AliExpress account and ordered several sex toys and gay pride flags in his name in an "symbolic act of moral humiliation"

Hackers are becoming increasingly difficult to detect, but cyber experts have told of 10 red flags to look out for when it comes to protecting your PC or Mac from dangerous malware