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Hacker working at night showing hacker groups infiltrated nuclear site

Senior Staff at Sellafield Nuclear Site Accused of Covering up Breaches by Hacker Groups Dating Back to at Least 2015

December 8, 2023

Internal sources and documents seen by Guardian reporters indicate that advanced persistent threat (APT) hacker groups working for Russia and China have likely had sleeper malware spread throughout the UK nuclear site's IT systems since at least 2015.

Hacker typing on keyboard showing cyber attack leaked personal data

Cyber Security News

The British Library Confirms Cyber Attack; Leaked Personal Data Now Trading on the Dark Web

November 30, 2023

The British Library has confirmed that the October cyber attack disrupted services and leaked employee's personal data listed for sale on the dark web by the Rhysida ransomware gang.

Police car siren flashing blue in the night showing third-party data breach

Cyber Security News

Greater Manchester Police Investigating a Third-Party Data Breach From a Ransomware Attack

September 21, 2023

A third-party data breach has exposed the personal data of UK’s Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers and staff. Company that produces GMP’s staff ID cards was affected by a ransomware attack.

Light trails on the Westminster bridge showing UK Online Safety Bill and encrypted messaging

Data Privacy News

Privacy Advocates Celebrate Death of UK Online Safety Bill Clause as Government Admits Encrypted Messaging Can’t Be Scanned Without Breaking It

September 15, 2023

The most controversial portion of UK's Online Safety Bill appears to be dead in the water, as Ofcom has publicly admitted that the technology to create backdoors into encrypted messaging without breaking it does not exist.

Police car on the street at night showing UK Met Police data breach

Cyber Security News

Staggering Data Breach Exposed 47,000 London Met Police Officers and Staff

September 7, 2023

The UK Met Police is on high alert after a massive data breach exposed the identities and photographs of officers, including undercover cops and counter-terrorism agents.

Fence showing defense contractor data breach leaked info on military bases

Cyber Security News

Data Breach of Security Fencing Contractor Impacts UK Military Bases, Files Confirmed Stolen

September 7, 2023

UK military contractor confirmed that some information about military bases was stolen in the data breach, but insists that none of it was confidential or highly sensitive. Attackers apparently compromised a computer running manufacturing machine software that was still outfitted with Windows 7.

City of London showing data breach of UK voter data

Cyber Security News

UK Voter Data Breach Leaked the Personal Information of 40 Million Individuals

August 15, 2023

Massive UK Electoral Commission data breach leaked voter data of 40 million individuals who registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. The electoral body said it first detected suspicious activity on its network in October 2022 and discovered that threat actors had accessed the systems 14 months prior.

British central bank building showing poor savings rates blamed on UK data protection laws

Data Protection News

UK Banks: Consumers Getting Poor Savings Rates the Fault of Data Protection Laws

August 1, 2023

After being pulled into an early July meeting with regulators over uncompetitive savings rates, some UK banks are now blaming data protection laws for consumer financial woes, claiming that rules forbid them from communicating better options to customers.

Data Protection News

£12.7 Million Fine for TikTok in UK for Failure to Screen Underage Users, Use of Children’s Data Without Parental Consent

April 10, 2023

The fine centers on TikTok's failure to police underage users that sneak onto the platform, and collection and use of children's data without required parental consent. ICO says that TikTok should have been aware of some one million underage users.

Big Ben and UK Houses of Parliament showing cyber attack on outsourcing services provider

Cyber Security News

Cyber Attack on Outsourcing Services Provider Capita Raises Fears of Attack on UK Government Services

April 6, 2023

Capita is one of the biggest outsourcing services provider for the UK national government with about £6.5 billion in annual contracts. Cyber attack has raised concerns due to the company's relationships with the UK military, National Health Service (NHS) and numerous other government agencies.

U.K.

Senior Staff at Sellafield Nuclear Site Accused of Covering up Breaches by Hacker Groups Dating Back to at Least 2015

The British Library Confirms Cyber Attack; Leaked Personal Data Now Trading on the Dark Web

Greater Manchester Police Investigating a Third-Party Data Breach From a Ransomware Attack

Privacy Advocates Celebrate Death of UK Online Safety Bill Clause as Government Admits Encrypted Messaging Can’t Be Scanned Without Breaking It

Staggering Data Breach Exposed 47,000 London Met Police Officers and Staff

Data Breach of Security Fencing Contractor Impacts UK Military Bases, Files Confirmed Stolen

UK Voter Data Breach Leaked the Personal Information of 40 Million Individuals

UK Banks: Consumers Getting Poor Savings Rates the Fault of Data Protection Laws

£12.7 Million Fine for TikTok in UK for Failure to Screen Underage Users, Use of Children’s Data Without Parental Consent

Cyber Attack on Outsourcing Services Provider Capita Raises Fears of Attack on UK Government Services

Commercial Location Data Used to Track Deployed U.S. Military Across Theaters of Operation

Carnival Cruise Data Breach Exposes Nearly 6 Million People in Cyber Attack Linked to ShinyHunters

Megalodon Supply Chain Attack Infects Over 5,500 GitHub Repositories with Backdoors and Stealers

State-Affiliated Iranian Hackers Linked to the Los Angeles Transit System Breach