Channel Nine forced to shut down all live programming due to ‘cyber attack’ by ‘Russian hackers’  

Channel Nine was forced to cancel much of its live programming on Sunday due to an ‘unprecedented cyber attack’.  TV Blackbox reports that the technical glitches are believed by security experts to have been orchestrated by ‘Russian hackers’ who sought to stop Monday’s episode of Under Investigation, which focuses on Russian president Vladimir Putin, from going to air.   … Read more

FatFace customers’ details at risk after clothing chain hit by cyber criminals

FatFace customer details at risk as clothing chain is hit by ‘sophisticated criminal attack’ which leaves shoppers open to identity theft Customers were told it had discovered suspicious activity on 17 January It send an email out saying names and addresses may have been put at risk  It was sent to one shopper who bought … Read more

First Indian female president of Oxford student union was subject to ‘racist cyber lynching’

The first Indian female president of Oxford University’s students’ union has said she was subjected to a racist ‘cyber lynching’ before she was forced to resign. Rashmi Samant, 22, stepped down within days of her election in February after old social media posts were unearthed. In one post, she had captioned a photo of herself … Read more

First Indian female president of Oxford student union was subject to ‘racist cyber lynching’

The first Indian female president of Oxford University’s students’ union has said she was subjected to a racist ‘cyber lynching’ before she was forced to resign. Rashmi Samant, 22, stepped down within days of her election in February after old social media posts were unearthed. In one post, she had captioned a photo of herself … Read more

Boris Johnson will set up a cyber force in North of England to combat threats by China and Russia

Boris Johnson will set up a cyber force in the North of England to combat threats posed by China and Russia – and it will also tackle the North-South divide Prime Minister tackling the North-South divide and increasing nation’s security Review of country’s future defence requirements is being launched on Tuesday  Headquarters of the National … Read more

Boris Johnson will set up a cyber force in North of England to combat threats by China and Russia

Boris Johnson will set up a cyber force in the North of England to combat threats posed by China and Russia – and it will also tackle the North-South divide Prime Minister tackling the North-South divide and increasing nation’s security Review of country’s future defence requirements is being launched on Tuesday  Headquarters of the National … Read more

Cyber crooks targeting more victims but stealing small sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns

Sneaky cyber crooks are targeting more victims but stealing smaller sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns Online thieves are taking as little as £10 from thousands of accounts unnoticed Method dubbed ‘silent stealing’ and involves fewer risks than large amounts The UK has reached ‘epidemic levels’ with estimate cost at £190billion a year  By … Read more

Cyber crooks targeting more victims but stealing small sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns

Sneaky cyber crooks are targeting more victims but stealing smaller sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns Online thieves are taking as little as £10 from thousands of accounts unnoticed Method dubbed ‘silent stealing’ and involves fewer risks than large amounts The UK has reached ‘epidemic levels’ with estimate cost at £190billion a year  By … Read more

TOM LEONARD: It’s terrifying but cyber attack on Florida water treatment plant is far from a one-off

Last Friday at 8am, a computer operator at a water treatment plant in Florida noticed the cursor moving across his screen as if being controlled by an invisible hand. The operator assumed that, as often happened at the plant, which provides drinking water to the small city of Oldsmar (population 14,600), it was just his … Read more

TOM LEONARD: It’s terrifying but cyber attack on Florida water treatment plant is far from a one-off

Last Friday at 8am, a computer operator at a water treatment plant in Florida noticed the cursor moving across his screen as if being controlled by an invisible hand. The operator assumed that, as often happened at the plant, which provides drinking water to the small city of Oldsmar (population 14,600), it was just his … Read more