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The European Commission is planning to build a Joint Cyber Unit to help organisations tackle severe cyber attacks. It follows a series of high-profile incidents that resulted in widespread disruption for businesses and individuals, including the attacks on Colonial Pipeline …
There was widespread panic on Tuesday after a major Internet outage knocked dozens of websites offline. Amazon, Reddit and Twitch were all affected, as were the Guardian, the New York Times and the Financial Times. Additionally, the UK government website …
UK police forces experienced 2,386 data breaches in 2020, according to data gathered by VPNoverview. The information was made available following a Freedom of Information request, which 31 of the UK’s 45 police forces responded to, and includes several concerning …
Ireland’s health service has temporarily shut down its IT system after experiencing a “significant ransomware attack”. The incident has affected services across a range of hospitals. Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital has cancelled outpatient visits for everyone except those with scheduled paediatric …
Welcome to our first quarterly review of cyber attacks and data breaches. For several years, we’ve produced a monthly list of security incidents, comprised of publicly disclosed breaches from mainstream publications. At the start of 2021, we decided to expand …
TikTok is again being accused of illegally processing children’s personal data. The latest claim has been brought by Anne Longfield, the former children’s commissioner for England, who is suing the video-sharing app on behalf of 3.5 million children in the …
A strong, unique password is one of the simplest ways we can thwart cyber criminals, but millions of us are making basic mistakes, according to an NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) survey. It found that 15% of Brits used the …
UK organisations were subjected to almost 2,000 cyber attacks a day in the first quarter of 2021, according to a Beaming study. In a study of commercial Internet traffic, it discovered 172,079 cyber attacks against businesses in the first three …
Two in five businesses reported a cyber attack or data breach in the past 12 months, according to the UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021 The study suggests that the threat has increased as a result of COVID-19, with …
The UK government plans to invest £24 billion in cyber security and the armed forces as part of a major shake-up of its defence policy. Published earlier this week, Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, …
