Cyberwar

‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks

Six Group, which operates the Swiss and Spanish bourses, is a target for cyberwarfare and must be on guard, its boss says

Anna Isaac City editor

18, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM

Finland faces growing Russian online threat, Finnish security services say

Official at Finnish intelligence service says espionage attempts have increased since Ukraine invasion

Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

18, Oct, 2023 @4:00 AM

AI could have bigger impact on UK than Industrial Revolution, says Dowden

Deputy PM says technology may aid faster government decisions – but warns of massive hacking risks

Tobi Thomas

12, Aug, 2023 @12:24 PM

Attack on energy network a major risk, UK register says for first time

Cabinet Office assessment also upgrades likelihood of ‘catastrophic’ pandemic hitting the country

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

02, Aug, 2023 @11:01 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

Australian defence law plan sparks warning of ‘disturbing’ overreach

Discussion paper shows the government is considering powers to ‘access, store and use large amounts of data’, prompting alarm from the Greens

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

03, May, 2023 @3:20 AM

China revises military conscription laws in space warfare push

Modernisation of People’s Liberation Army continues with focus on cyberwarfare while retirees are now allowed to re-enlist

Helen Davidson in Taipei

02, May, 2023 @1:06 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

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

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

03, Apr, 2023 @9:00 PM

Friday briefing: What to know about a vast new leak exposing Russia’s cyberwarfare network

In today’s newsletter: A six-month investigation from the Guardian and others gives unprecedented access into Putin’s intelligence agencies

Nimo Omer

31, Mar, 2023 @6:01 AM

Cyberwarfare leaks show Russian army is adopting mindset of secret police

Documents leaked from Vulkan cybersecurity firm also raise questions about role of IT engineers behind information-control project

Andrei Soldatov

30, Mar, 2023 @3:00 PM

‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics

Vulkan engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support hacking operations, prepare for attacks on infrastructure and spread disinformation

Luke Harding, Stiliyana Simeonova, Manisha Ganguly and Dan Sabbagh