Internet outage: What is Fastly and how can a glitch bring down the world’s biggest websites? June 8, 2021 The internet was plunged into a temporary blackout this morning as thousands of websites were hit by a global outage. Some of the world’s biggest news sites, including the BBC, Guardian and Financial Times, were hit by the glitch, as well as streaming service Spotify, ecommerce giant Amazon social media platform Reddit and even the [...]
Iran says Natanz nuclear site hit by terrorism April 12, 2021 An incident at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility yesterday was caused by an act of “nuclear terrorism”, the country’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said, according to state TV, adding that Tehran reserves the right to take action against the perpetrators. Israel’s Kan public radio cited intelligence sources, whose nationality it did not disclose, as saying [...]
Facebook has no plans to let 530m users know they were impacted by data breach April 7, 2021 Facebook has no plans to let 530m users know they were impacted by data breach
Microsoft hack: Biden sets up emergency taskforce as EU banking regulator hit March 9, 2021 US President Joe Biden has launched an investigation into a widespread cyber attack on Microsoft’s email services that may have compromised tens of thousands of businesses. The attack, which was first uncovered last week, has taken advantage of previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s mail server software to potentially gain access to swathes of organisations in [...]
More than 1m small businesses ‘at risk of collapse’ due to cyber threats March 9, 2021 The government has been urged to pump more money into cyber defences after new research revealed that more than 1m small businesses would collapse if they were targeted by hackers. A poll of more than 500 business leaders found nearly a quarter of UK SMEs — equivalent to 1.3m companies — were likely to go [...]
Planning for operational risk as a small business expanding internationally December 17, 2020 If there is one thing that 2020 has shown business, it is the importance of planning for operational risk. The extent of the COVID-19 pandemic has shocked the world, and many businesses had to rely on operational risk management plans to enable employees to work from home in a matter of days. What is operational [...]
Covid-19 vaccine data ‘unlawfully accessed’ in cyberattack on EU regulator December 9, 2020 Regulation documents related to the Covid-19 vaccine it is developing with Pfizer were “unlawfully accessed” after a cyberattack on Europe’s medicines regulator, biotech firm BioNTech has said. The European Medicines Agency – which is responsible for assessing and approving medicines, medical devices and vaccines for the European Union – said earlier today it had been [...]
Manchester United: UK cyber spooks called in after ‘disruptive’ attack November 27, 2020 British cyber spooks have been called in to support Manchester United following a “disruptive” attack on its computer systems. The Premier League football club last week said it had been hacked, but did not believe any fan data had been compromised. It has reported the incident to the UK data watchdog and the National Cyber [...]
UK spooks block two cyber attacks per day as hackers exploit Covid-19 November 3, 2020 UK spooks blocked an average of almost two major cyber attacks per day last year as unscrupulous hackers tried to capitalise on the Covid-19 crisis. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) handled 723 incidents between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020, up from an average of 602 incidents over the last three years. The [...]
Marriott International fined £18.4m over customer data breach October 30, 2020 Marriott International has been handed an £18.4m fine by the UK data watchdog over a data breach that compromised the personal details of millions of customers. The fine relates to an attack on the Starwood hotels chain that exposed records belonging to 339m guests worldwide. The cyber attack began in 2014, before Marriott took over [...]