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Scammers target UK senior citizens with Winter Fuel Payment texts
As the winter season kicks in, scammers are not missing the chance to target senior British residents with bogus "winter heating allowance" and "cost of living support" scam texts.
- November 09, 2024
- 04:08 PM
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US, UK warn of Russian APT29 hackers targeting Zimbra, TeamCity servers
U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies warned today that APT29 hackers linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) target vulnerable Zimbra and JetBrains TeamCity servers "at a mass scale."
- October 10, 2024
- 02:49 PM
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UK nuclear site Sellafield fined $440,000 for cybersecurity shortfalls
Nuclear waste processing facility Sellafield has been fined £332,500 ($440k) by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for failing to adhere to cybersecurity standards and putting sensitive nuclear information at risk over four years, from 2019 to 2023.
- October 04, 2024
- 08:57 AM
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TfL requires in-person password resets for 30,000 employees after hack
Transport for London (TfL) says that all staff (roughly 30,000 employees) must attend in-person appointments to verify their identities and reset passwords following a cybersecurity incident disclosed almost two weeks ago.
- September 13, 2024
- 05:12 PM
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Transport for London staff faces systems disruptions after cyberattack
Transport for London, the city's public transportation agency, revealed today that its staff has limited access to systems and email due to measures implemented in response to a Sunday cyberattack.
- September 06, 2024
- 03:49 PM
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UK IT provider faces $7.7 million fine for 2022 ransomware breach
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has announced a provisional decision to impose a fine of £6.09M ($7.74 million) on Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced) for its failure to protect the personal information of tens of thousands when it was hit by ransomware in 2022.
- August 07, 2024
- 01:14 PM
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UK takes down major 'Russian Coms' caller ID spoofing platform
The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) has shut down Russian Coms, a major caller ID spoofing platform used by hundreds of criminals to make over 1.8 million scam calls.
- August 01, 2024
- 01:53 PM
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UK govt links 2021 Electoral Commission breach to Exchange server
The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) revealed today that the Electoral Commission was breached in August 2021 because it failed to patch its on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server against ProxyShell vulnerabilities.
- July 30, 2024
- 08:00 AM
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London hospitals cancel over 800 operations after ransomware attack
NHS England revealed today that multiple London hospitals impacted by last week's Synnovis ransomware attack were forced to cancel hundreds of planned operations and appointments.
- June 14, 2024
- 02:05 PM
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London hospitals face blood shortage after Synnovis ransomware attack
England's NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has issued an urgent call to O Positive and O Negative blood donors to book appointments and donate after last week's cyberattack on pathology provider Synnovis impacted multiple hospitals in London.
- June 10, 2024
- 11:43 AM
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23andMe data breach under investigation in UK and Canada
Privacy authorities in Canada and the United Kingdom have launched a joint investigation to assess the scope of sensitive customer information exposed in last year's 23andMe data breach.
- June 10, 2024
- 11:00 AM
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UK confirms Ministry of Defence payroll data exposed in data breach
The UK Government confirmed today that a threat actor recently breached the country's Ministry of Defence and gained access to part of the Armed Forces payment network.
- May 07, 2024
- 03:41 PM
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UK e-visa rollout starts today for millions: no more physical immigration cards
Starting today, millions living in the UK will receive email invitations to sign up for an e-visa account that will replace their physical immigration documents like Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs). The move is, according to the Home Office, "a key step in creating a modernised and digital border."
- April 17, 2024
- 01:48 AM
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UK flooded with forged stamps despite using barcodes — to prevent just that
Royal Mail, the British postal and courier service began switching all snail mail stamps to barcoded stamps last year. The purpose of the barcode was to enhance security, deter stamp reuse, and possibly prevent forgeries—which it has failed to do.
- April 13, 2024
- 05:05 AM
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Cyberattack on UK’s CVS Group disrupts veterinary operations
UK veterinary services provider CVS Group has announced that it suffered a cyberattack that disrupted IT services at its practices across the country.
- April 08, 2024
- 10:45 AM
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UK bakery Greggs is latest victim of recent POS system outages
UK bakery chain Greggs is the latest victim of recent point of sale system outages that forced store closures at large retail chains over the past few weeks.
- March 20, 2024
- 11:27 AM
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Russian hackers shift to cloud attacks, US and allies warn
Members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance warned today that APT29 Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hackers are now switching to attacks targeting their victims' cloud services.
- February 26, 2024
- 12:31 PM
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UK to replace physical biometric immigration cards with e-visas
By 2025, Britain is set to ditch physical immigration documents like Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) and Biometric Residence Cards (BRCs) in a bid to make its borders digital, in-line with developed countries like Australia. Understand what these Home Office changes mean for existing BRP and BRC holders, and what you need to do.
- February 10, 2024
- 05:00 AM
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The Week in Ransomware - January 26th 2024 - Govts strike back
Governments struck back this week against members of ransomware operations, imposing sanctions on one threat actor and sentencing another to prison.
- January 27, 2024
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UK says AI will empower ransomware over the next two years
The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that artificial intelligence (AI) tools will have an adverse near-term impact on cybersecurity, helping escalate the threat of ransomware.
- January 24, 2024
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