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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 Blames China For "Malicious" Cyber-Attack On Voter Data
The UK on Monday accused China state-affiliated cyber organisations of at least two "malicious" and "reprehensible" cyber campaigns targeting Britain's voter data and parliamentarians.
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UK's Sellafield Nuclear Plant Allegedly Hacked By China And Russia, Government Says...
Britain denied the claims and said it has no records or evidence to suggest that networks at the Sellafield nuclear site were the victim of a cyber attack.
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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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Britain Telecom Firms Could Face Heavy Fines if They Use Suppliers Deemed High-Risk Like Huawei
Telecom companies based in Britain can face heavy fines if they use Huawei or other suppliers deemed as ‘high risk’ in the proposed Telecommunications (Security) Bill.
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US, Britain Call Out Russian Hacking Spree, Cyber-attacks Against Olympics
Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyber-attacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence, including attempts to disrupt next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
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UK Labour Party Suffers "Large-Scale Cyber Attack" Ahead Of Election
Britain's main opposition Labour party said Tuesday it had suffered a "large-scale cyber attack" which undermined some of its campaign efforts for next month's election.
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Britain, Australia Accuse Russian Spies Of Global Cyber Attacks
Britain and Australia on Thursday accused Russian military intelligence of conducting a campaign of cyber attacks targeting political institutions, businesses, media and sport bodies around the world.
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US, Britain Blame Russia For Global Cyber Attack
The United States and Britain on Monday warned of a global cyber attack targeting routers and other networking equipment, blaming Russian government-backed hackers for the campaign on government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators.
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UK Blames Russian Military for 'NotPetya' Ransomware Cyber-Attack
Britain accused the Russian military of being behind last year's NotPetya cyber-attack, which started in Ukraine and Russia.
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Britain Joins US In Blaming North Korea For 'WannaCry' Attack
Britain said North Korea was behind the 'WannaCry" cyber attack that infected computers around the globe earlier this year on Tuesday, joining the United States in blaming Pyongyang for the ransomware incident.
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UK Worked All Night To Counter Cyber Attack On Health Services: Security Minister
British technology experts worked through the night to patch the computer systems of the health service after the ransomware worm forced dozens of hospitals to cancel some operations and appointments, Security Minister Ben Wallace said on Monday.
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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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'International Attack': 'Ransomware' Cripples Computers Worldwide
Hackers unleashed an attack that disabled computers in dozens of nations Friday using a software flaw that once was part of the National Security Agency's surveillance tool kit.
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Global 'Ransomware' Attack Disrupts British Hospitals, International Shipper FedEx
A global cyber-attack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by researchers to have been developed by the US National Security Agency hit international shipper FedEx, disrupted Britain's health system and infected computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday.
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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 Blames China For "Malicious" Cyber-Attack On Voter Data
The UK on Monday accused China state-affiliated cyber organisations of at least two "malicious" and "reprehensible" cyber campaigns targeting Britain's voter data and parliamentarians.
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UK's Sellafield Nuclear Plant Allegedly Hacked By China And Russia, Government Says...
Britain denied the claims and said it has no records or evidence to suggest that networks at the Sellafield nuclear site were the victim of a cyber attack.
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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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Britain Telecom Firms Could Face Heavy Fines if They Use Suppliers Deemed High-Risk Like Huawei
Telecom companies based in Britain can face heavy fines if they use Huawei or other suppliers deemed as ‘high risk’ in the proposed Telecommunications (Security) Bill.
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US, Britain Call Out Russian Hacking Spree, Cyber-attacks Against Olympics
Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyber-attacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence, including attempts to disrupt next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
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UK Labour Party Suffers "Large-Scale Cyber Attack" Ahead Of Election
Britain's main opposition Labour party said Tuesday it had suffered a "large-scale cyber attack" which undermined some of its campaign efforts for next month's election.
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Britain, Australia Accuse Russian Spies Of Global Cyber Attacks
Britain and Australia on Thursday accused Russian military intelligence of conducting a campaign of cyber attacks targeting political institutions, businesses, media and sport bodies around the world.
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US, Britain Blame Russia For Global Cyber Attack
The United States and Britain on Monday warned of a global cyber attack targeting routers and other networking equipment, blaming Russian government-backed hackers for the campaign on government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators.
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UK Blames Russian Military for 'NotPetya' Ransomware Cyber-Attack
Britain accused the Russian military of being behind last year's NotPetya cyber-attack, which started in Ukraine and Russia.
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Britain Joins US In Blaming North Korea For 'WannaCry' Attack
Britain said North Korea was behind the 'WannaCry" cyber attack that infected computers around the globe earlier this year on Tuesday, joining the United States in blaming Pyongyang for the ransomware incident.
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UK Worked All Night To Counter Cyber Attack On Health Services: Security Minister
British technology experts worked through the night to patch the computer systems of the health service after the ransomware worm forced dozens of hospitals to cancel some operations and appointments, Security Minister Ben Wallace said on Monday.
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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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'International Attack': 'Ransomware' Cripples Computers Worldwide
Hackers unleashed an attack that disabled computers in dozens of nations Friday using a software flaw that once was part of the National Security Agency's surveillance tool kit.
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Global 'Ransomware' Attack Disrupts British Hospitals, International Shipper FedEx
A global cyber-attack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by researchers to have been developed by the US National Security Agency hit international shipper FedEx, disrupted Britain's health system and infected computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday.
