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United Kingdom covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to United Kingdom, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
For practitioners, the tag provides geographic context for developments involving United Kingdom's organizations, services, partners, and users. Individual articles provide the specific technologies, threats, sectors, and operational implications relevant to each development.
1 million members still searching for answers as IT issues floor primary digital services The UK's Caravan and Motorhome Club (CAMC) is battling a suspected cyberattack with members reporting widespread IT outages for the past five days.…
That means Brit spies want the ability to do exactly that, huh? The idea that AI could generate super-potent and undetectable malware has been bandied about for years – and also already debunked. However, an article published today by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) suggests there is a "realistic possibility" that by 2025, the most sophisticated attackers’ tools will improve markedly thanks to AI models informed by data describing successful cyber-hits.…
Comes mere months after Western intelligence agencies warned of attacks on water providers Southern Water confirmed this morning that criminals broke into its IT systems, making off with a "limited amount of data."…
It's all very well offering 'Free Debt Help,' but recipients were unwilling, says watchdog... A financial services company that illegally dispatched tens of thousands of spam messages promising to help the recipients magically wipe away their debts is itself now a debtor to the UK’s data regulator.…