Cyber crime

No. 10 and Foreign Office phones targeted on multiple occasions, say cybersecurity experts

Fake social media accounts increasingly used by harassers to target victims

GCHQ helping Kyiv as Moscow blamed for strike on key infrastructure

Security chiefs warn British firms to brace for Moscow-linked cyber disruption

Police issue warning over criminal extortion using threat of sharing sexual images

Joe Biden orders probe into latest hack of hundreds of US businesses

Ransomware attacks have become a global epidemic, with more than $18.6bn paid in ransoms in 2020

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Irish healthcare system shuts down IT services after huge cybersecurity breach

How hackers made China one of ‘the world’s pre-eminent cyber players’

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US charges two men accused of targeting drug companies during global cybertheft campaign

China, Russia and Iran accused of targeting UK and US labs

Government says smart cameras can be accessed by cybercriminals if left unsecured

Indictment holds four men responsible for massive hack in 2017

Party hit by two ‘sophisticated and large-scale’ hacks in two days

Two former employees are accused of working with Riyadh to harvest personal data from critics of the kingdom’s regime

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New report says the social media trend leaves vulnerable young people open to bullying

The internet’s underworld is known for criminal activity, but there’s more to it than the headlines claim

Personal details of 339 million customers were stolen by hackers

Airline data breach was first major case under new GDPR rules

Government orders review that could see victims given automatic anonymity

US space agency reveals it suffered cyber attack two months ago

Criminals claim to have personal details of more than 120 million users

Cross-Channel rail operator is the latest travel firm to be hacked

UK National Cyber Security Centre says Kremlin masterminded high-profile cyberattacks

Kim Kardashian tops new list of famous names used to lure internet users to potentially malicious sites

Experts say new 200-strong unit will provide a means of ‘deterring states that wish to do us harm’

British banks have been warned their ATMs could be mass-hacked by cyber criminals ‘in the coming days’

UK and US claim Kremlin behind hacking of millions of home and business routers

Nearly £380m worth of NEM coins were stolen in the attack

New online service has been called ‘the world’s most inefficient and unhelpful chatbot’