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Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers led and directed many attacks attributed to the hacker subset of The Com. U.S. authorities previously accused Jubair of participating in at least 120 attacks. The post Leading members of Scattered Spider sentenced in UK to 66 months in jail appeared first on CyberScoop.
Military forces are under increasing pressure to field autonomous capabilities faster than ever before. Across the U.S., UK, and NATO, new investment, evolving defense strategies, and accelerated acquisition pathways are transforming how capability is delivered, rewarding programs that can move from concept to operational deployment at commercial speed
Two members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group received jail sentences in the UK for the 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London. A UK court sentenced two Scattered Spider members, Thalha Jubair (20) and Owen Flowers (18), for their role in the 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL). Transport for London (TfL) is a local […]
National Risk Assessment Cites CrowdStrike Lessons Learned, Hybrid Warfare RisksThe British government's latest national security risk register sees a rising threat posed by cyberattacks disrupting operational technology in more critical national infrastructure sectors, and cites the CrowdStrike outage in "digital resilience failure" lessons to be learned.
Sentencing bookends the biggest cybercrime conviction in UK history
The US government's restrictions on Anthropic and OpenAI frontier models have intensified calls in the UK and other countries to reduce their reliance on US tech companies, with significant cyber implications.
The UK government is warning of the potential impact of catastrophic cyber-attacks
Five UK residents have been charged in relation to supplying Russian Coms fraud devices and apps
In a first, the UK and the EU jointly imposed sanctions on Russian individuals and entities for cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns in the region.
Governments Cite Winter Hack of Polish Power Grid and CyberespionageA winter Russian intelligence hack of the Polish energy grid and a protracted campaign of cyberespionage are behind coordinated sanctions against Moscow's intelligence apparatus announced Monday by the European Union and the United Kingdom.
The EU, its members and the U.K. took action against Russian government officials and others while attributing the winter cyberattacks against Poland’s energy grid to the FSB. The post Europe strikes out against Russia’s Turla over espionage, ‘destructive attacks’ appeared first on CyberScoop.
Sweeping sanctions and condemnation follow op that could have left half a million without power in the depths of winter
UK authorities charged five people following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into Russian Coms, a major caller ID spoofing platform used by criminals to make over 1.8 million scam calls. [...]
The European Union and the United Kingdom jointly sanctioned dozens of Russian individuals and entities and accused Russia of coordinating a network of hacking groups responsible for attacks across Europe. [...]
Despite Political Upheaval, Stronger Critical Infrastructure Rules See Wide BackingCyber policy experts said they're optimistic that Britain's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will survive yet another change of prime minister, seeing continuing, strong parliamentary backing for expanding the scope and incident response rules for better securing critical national infrastructure.
The National Cyber Security Centre wants to work with AI partners to build a new “Cyber Shield” to defend the UK
More than 60 organizations, including M&S, Microsoft UK and Vodafone, have signed the UK government's Cyber Resilience Pledge, a new initiative aimed at boosting cyber security and resilience across British businesses
SonicWall records 264,000 events in first five months of 2026 as UK hospitals come under siege
Report Fraud data reveals that more than half of 323 UK ransomware victims last year were SMEs
The UK Cyber Monitoring Centre reviews the Canvas breach affecting 160 UK universities, highlighting data theft risks and financial impacts of cyber incidents