Hacking

BA, Boots and BBC cyber-attack: who is behind it and what happens next?

A cybercrime group has exploited a flaw in MOVEit software and is demanding a ransom

Dan Milmo and Alex Hern

07, Jun, 2023 @1:42 PM

Cybercrime gang hits BA, Boots and BBC with ultimatum after mass hack

Russian-speaking Clop group demands ransom negotiations after stealing data of thousands of staff

Alex Hern UK technology editor

07, Jun, 2023 @8:58 AM

BA, Boots and BBC staff details targeted in Russia-linked cyber-attack

Hack attributed to criminal gang hit MOVEit software used by third-party payroll provider Zellis

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

05, Jun, 2023 @6:18 PM

GCHQ warns of fresh threat from Chinese state-sponsored hackers

National Cyber Security Centre urges operators of critical national infrastructure to prevent hacks

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

25, May, 2023 @3:34 PM

United Nations official and others in Armenia hacked by NSO Group spyware

At least a dozen victims were found to have been hacked by Pegasus during clashes in the region in 2021

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

25, May, 2023 @10:00 AM

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing by Scott Shapiro review – a gripping study of five extraordinary hacks

A professor of law who’s a computer geek carves an undaunted path through the conceptual and technical undergrowth in this illuminating tour of cyberspace’s dark side

John Naughton

22, May, 2023 @6:00 AM

Philadelphia Inquirer severely disrupted by cyber-attack

Attack has caused worst disruption in decades to city’s paper of record and it is unclear when normal editorial services will resume

Nina Lakhani

15, May, 2023 @1:03 PM

FCA urges Capita clients to ascertain if data was compromised in cyber-attack

Corporate clients that outsource work to Capita – including Aviva and Phoenix Group – must ‘assess fallout from data breach’

Alex Lawson

03, May, 2023 @4:03 PM

Russian hackers want to ‘disrupt or destroy’ UK infrastructure, minister warns

Cabinet Office secretary, Oliver Dowden, to issue national alert and urge companies to boost cybersecurity

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

18, Apr, 2023 @11:01 PM

Experts warn of new spyware threat targeting journalists and political figures

Citizen Lab says victims’ phones infected after being sent an iCloud calendar invitation in a ‘zero-click’ attack

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

11, Apr, 2023 @4:03 PM

FBI warns consumers of malware threat to phones from public charging stations

‘Juice jacking’ from public USB charging ports in airports, malls and hotels could give hackers access to sensitive information

Gloria Oladipo

11, Apr, 2023 @3:01 PM

UK’s offensive hacking unit takes on military opponents and terrorist groups

National Cyber Force says it is engaged in ways to ‘undermine tradecraft’ of Russian, Chinese and other state-sponsored hackers