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Britain's Defence Ministry Hit By Cyberattack, Ex-Minister Targets China
Britain's defence ministry has been the target of a large-scale cyberattack, a government minister confirmed on Monday. Work and Pensions Minister Mel Stride said the attack was on a system run by an outside firm.
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UK Poll Body Says Targeted By "Hostile Actors" In Cyberattack
Britain's Electoral Commission said on Tuesday it had been targeted in a complex cyber incident first identified last October, which involved its systems being accessed by "hostile actors."
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Britain Uses Government Hackers to Launch Cyber Operations Against Enemies Online, GCHQ Says
Britian uses government hackers to launch operations against militants, state-backed disinformation campaigns and attempts to interfere in elections, the country's spy agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) revealed on Tuesday. These cyberattacks were conducted by the secretive National Cyber Force (NCF), a hacking unit operational si...
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UK's Royal Mail Halts Online Services After Cyberattack
Britain's Royal Mail has temporarily stopped access to its click and drop website after a data breach where customers could see information of other users' orders and is working on a fix.
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US, Allies Say Russia Could Launch Cyberattacks Against Rivals Supporting Ukraine
Members of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network, US, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, said Russia was poised to launch powerful cyberattacks against rivals supporting Ukraine.
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UK Hits Out at China, Russia, Others Over Cyberattacks; Calls for Global Cybersecurity Coalition
Britain hit out at countries including China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, over cyberattacks, calling for a global effort to counter online threats.
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Tokyo Olympics On Alert For Cyberattacks As Alleged Russian Plot Revealed
Tokyo 2020 officials said they had taken a range of countermeasures against digital attacks but did not disclose details, citing security concerns.
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UK Blames Russian Military For 'Notpetya' Cyber-Attack
Britain on Thursday accused the Russian military of being behind last year's "NotPetya" cyber-attack, which started in Ukraine and Russia before spreading globally, affecting thousands of computers.
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UK Parliament Cuts E-Mail Access After Cyberattack
Britain's parliament shut down external access to e-mail accounts on Saturday following a cyberattack.
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British Airways Resumes Flights From London After System Outage Causes Chaos
British Airways resumed some flights from Britain's two biggest airports on Sunday after a global computer system failure created chaos, leaving planes grounded and thousands of passengers queuing for hours.
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Businesses Brace For Monday As Ransomware Threat Lingers
Technical staff scrambled yesterday to patch computers and restore infected ones, amid fears that the ransomware worm that stopped car factories, hospitals, shops and schools could wreak fresh havoc today when employees log back on.
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After Cyber Attack On Hospitals Across Britain, Reports Of Ransom
Computer and phone systems in more than a dozen hospitals and doctor's offices across England suffered large-scale failures Friday in a suspected cyberattack.
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British crime agency website knocked out by attack
Britain's Serious and Organized Crime Agency says its website has been taken down following a denial-of-service attack.
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Britain warned businesses of China spy threat
British business executives dealing with China were given a formal warning more than a year ago by Britain's security service, MI5, that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide-ranging effort to hack into British companies' computers.
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Britain's Defence Ministry Hit By Cyberattack, Ex-Minister Targets China
Britain's defence ministry has been the target of a large-scale cyberattack, a government minister confirmed on Monday. Work and Pensions Minister Mel Stride said the attack was on a system run by an outside firm.
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UK Poll Body Says Targeted By "Hostile Actors" In Cyberattack
Britain's Electoral Commission said on Tuesday it had been targeted in a complex cyber incident first identified last October, which involved its systems being accessed by "hostile actors."
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Britain Uses Government Hackers to Launch Cyber Operations Against Enemies Online, GCHQ Says
Britian uses government hackers to launch operations against militants, state-backed disinformation campaigns and attempts to interfere in elections, the country's spy agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) revealed on Tuesday. These cyberattacks were conducted by the secretive National Cyber Force (NCF), a hacking unit operational si...
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UK's Royal Mail Halts Online Services After Cyberattack
Britain's Royal Mail has temporarily stopped access to its click and drop website after a data breach where customers could see information of other users' orders and is working on a fix.
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US, Allies Say Russia Could Launch Cyberattacks Against Rivals Supporting Ukraine
Members of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network, US, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, said Russia was poised to launch powerful cyberattacks against rivals supporting Ukraine.
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UK Hits Out at China, Russia, Others Over Cyberattacks; Calls for Global Cybersecurity Coalition
Britain hit out at countries including China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, over cyberattacks, calling for a global effort to counter online threats.
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Tokyo Olympics On Alert For Cyberattacks As Alleged Russian Plot Revealed
Tokyo 2020 officials said they had taken a range of countermeasures against digital attacks but did not disclose details, citing security concerns.
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UK Blames Russian Military For 'Notpetya' Cyber-Attack
Britain on Thursday accused the Russian military of being behind last year's "NotPetya" cyber-attack, which started in Ukraine and Russia before spreading globally, affecting thousands of computers.
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UK Parliament Cuts E-Mail Access After Cyberattack
Britain's parliament shut down external access to e-mail accounts on Saturday following a cyberattack.
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British Airways Resumes Flights From London After System Outage Causes Chaos
British Airways resumed some flights from Britain's two biggest airports on Sunday after a global computer system failure created chaos, leaving planes grounded and thousands of passengers queuing for hours.
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Businesses Brace For Monday As Ransomware Threat Lingers
Technical staff scrambled yesterday to patch computers and restore infected ones, amid fears that the ransomware worm that stopped car factories, hospitals, shops and schools could wreak fresh havoc today when employees log back on.
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After Cyber Attack On Hospitals Across Britain, Reports Of Ransom
Computer and phone systems in more than a dozen hospitals and doctor's offices across England suffered large-scale failures Friday in a suspected cyberattack.
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British crime agency website knocked out by attack
Britain's Serious and Organized Crime Agency says its website has been taken down following a denial-of-service attack.
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Britain warned businesses of China spy threat
British business executives dealing with China were given a formal warning more than a year ago by Britain's security service, MI5, that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide-ranging effort to hack into British companies' computers.
