FatFace paid £1.45m ransom to cyber hackers behind January attack

FatFace paid £1.45m ransom to cyber hackers who put customer and employee details at risk in attack triggered by a dodgy email FatFace told shoppers and staff last week their details had been hacked  At-risk information included names, addresses, bank details and NI numbers The attack took place on 17 January and used ransomware to … Read more

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 Vladimir Putin, from going to air.   … Read more

Hackers breach security camera company Verkada and gain access to 150,000 surveillance cameras

Hackers have broken into a security camera company in Silicon Valley, spying on real-time surveillance camera footage from inside Sandy Hook school, Equinox gyms, hospitals, police stations, prisons and a Tesla factory in Shanghai. The hackers were part of an international group, and begun their attack on Verkada – which also offers facial recognition capabilities … Read more

Google says North Korea-backed hackers sought cyber research

A team of North Korean computer hackers used a fake website to hack other hackers, Google has revealed.  Google said the Pyongyang-backed hackers lured computer security researchers to a blog site about hacking using fake social media profiles and then used clandestine methods to infect their computers in order to extract information.   The search engine … Read more

Hackers breach Foreign Office computers in cyber attack on Government countryside outpost 

Hackers breach Foreign Office computers in cyber attack on Government countryside outpost Hackers targeted Wilton Park, a government agency operating out of mansion  No evidence they have stolen any data but the outpost’s is increasing security Sources said National Cyber Security Centre was called in to help investigate  By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 22:35 … Read more

Russian hackers conducted a ‘dry run’ of its massive cyber attack a YEAR AGO

The suspected Russian hack of US government agencies may have been in the works for longer than suggested, as it’s revealed hackers had conducted a ‘dry run’ of their massive cyber attack more than a year ago.    US officials on Friday said hackers appeared to have targeted SolarWinds Corp back in October 2019, five months before … Read more

Russian hackers target Ministry of Defence, Home Office and police

Russian hackers target Ministry of Defence, Home Office and police through attack on computer company serving public sector bodies Russian hackers are thought to be behind a ‘very serious’ cyber security breach Some 40 government agencies were infiltrated by hackers, Microsoft said Operation began in March but confirmation UK was targeted came yesterday  By Emer … Read more

University lecturer is stunned when hackers doodle genitals across her Shakespeare presentation

A university lecturer was stunned when hackers doodled genitals across her Shakespeare presentation during a Q&A session with students. Dr Sarah Olive had been putting forward her linguistics research to a class of dozens at the University of York when the lecture was suddenly sabotaged.  The senior lecturer had been talking for 50 minutes when … Read more

Chinese embassy blames hackers for Trump retweet

Chinese embassy blames hackers for retweeting Donald Trump’s claim that Democrats cheated in the election Twitter users noticed China appearing to endorse Trump’s unfounded claims  But the embassy said last night that it was hacked and did not retweet anything China acknowledged Joe Biden’s presidential election victory on November 13  By Tim Stickings For Mailonline … Read more

Suspected North Korean hackers targeted COVID vaccine…

North Korean hackers target British Covid-19 vaccine producer AstraZeneca with multiple attempts to access staff computers Hackers posed as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp to approach staff They sent documents laced with code to gain access to victims’ computers The hacking attempts are not thought to have been successful, sources say AstraZeneca is racing to deploy … Read more