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Labour Government Blames ToriesBritish law firms representing low-income criminal defendants and civil litigants are having to work for free for weeks or decline new cases as the fallout of a cyberattack against the U.K. Legal Aid Agency forced the agency to yank its online portal offline.
Insurance experts weigh in how the recent barrage of attacks against UK retailers could affect premium rates and policy requirements, as well as work toward improving risk assessment.
UK businesses should start to plan for required changes to their cybersecurity programs ahead of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
After 60 years+ cooperation on space and military ops, worrying 'rhetoric' from Team Trump has Brits examining options The current rhetoric coming from the US is "alarming" for the UK, which depends on a continuation of their long-standing co-operation around space and military tech for the future, the UK's second parliamentary chamber heard this week.…
Crew ain't done hopping sectors, Unit 42 threat hunter warns interview Scattered Spider snared financial services organizations in its web before its recent spate of retail attacks in the UK and US, according to Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42.…
The threat group games IT help desks to gain entry into retailer networks, and signs show it has shifted its attention from the UK to US targets.
Peter Green Chilled supplies all the major UK chains It's more bad news for UK supermarkets with chilled and frozen food distribution business Peter Green Chilled confirming a ransomware attack with customers.…
Around half of US and UK consumers have seen fraud ads and content on ‘refund hacks’ on social media
Researcher finds VoLTE metadata could be used to locate users within 100 meters UK telco Virgin Media O2 has fixed an issue with its 4G Calling feature that allowed users' general location to be discerned by those who called them.…
Ministry of Justice Discloses April 23 BreachHackers stole from the U.K. Ministry of Justice personal information pertaining to criminal defendants in need of an attorney, the British government disclosed Monday. The ministry on Monday said it detected on April 23 a breach that targeted the Legal Aid Agency.
A flaw in O2 UK's implementation of VoLTE and WiFi Calling technologies could allow anyone to expose the general location of a person and other identifiers by calling the target. [...]
The United Kingdom's Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has confirmed that a recent cyberattack is more serious than first believed, with hackers stealing a large trove of sensitive applicant data in a data breach. [...]
Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems A "significant amount of personal data" belonging to legal aid applicants dating back to 2010 in the UK was stolen by cybercriminals, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed today.…
Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year Top cybersecurity officials within the UK government and the National Health Service (NHS) are asking CEOs of tech suppliers to pledge their allegiance to sound security by signing a public charter.…
The UK government says that hackers accessed a “large amount” of personal information in attack on Legal Aid Agency