Category: Industry News

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Shares in cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike have plunged more than 13% as the company reckons with the aftermath of causing a global IT outage. Read Here.

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European Union (EU) financial supervisory authorities have published an update on plans to bolster their co-ordination during ‘systemic’ cyber incidents. Read Here.

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West Midlands Police has announced that it has arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall in the West Midlands, UK, in connection with an online cybercrime group that has been targeting US firms with ransomware attacks and gaining access to computer networks. Read Here.

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An update to the security firm’s Falcon service has led to many Windows users being unable to work this morning. Microsoft 365 is also affected. Read Here.

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Britain’s data watchdog has lambasted London’s Hackney Council for a cyber attack that “severely” impacted residents, saying the breach was “a clear and avoidable error.” Read Here.

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Rite Aid says a recent data breach affects 2.2 million users — far fewer than the 45 million claimed by the ransomware group allegedly behind the attack. Read Here.

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The two NHS Trusts most heavily impacted by the Qilin ransomware attack on pathology services provider Synnovis have cancelled over 6,000 appointments and procedures in the past five weeks. Read Here.

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Ticketmaster customers in North America have been sent emails warning them to take action after the company was hacked in May. Read Here.

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CCTV has become a fact of life, a necessary tool in the arsenal of law enforcement and local government, monitoring our public spaces and traffic enforcement. At the same time, retail, and sports and entertainment stadia, have embraced the use of such technologies for the greater good of crowd monitoring, crime reduction and ongoing and […]

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Microsoft is urgently contacting users amid fears they may have been victims of a Russian hacking group. The tech giant admitted in January that it had been hit by an attack from the group “Midnight Blizzard”. Read Here.