More than three-quarters of British businesses are braced for an escalation in cyber attacks this year, with a third predicting the financial impact will be more than £50 million. A survey of 100 strategic and IT decision makers in UK companies found that 85 per cent expected an escalation in cyber attacks; six per cent [...]
16 May 2012 |
ICO fines Barnet Council over personal data lossBarnet Council has been fined £70,000 after highly sensitive and confidential information on vulnerable young people was lost. The data included the names, addresses, dates of birth and details of the sexual activities of 15 vulnerable children or young people. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the loss occurred when a social worker took [...] 
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15 May 2012 |
ICO website pushed offline by suspected DDoSThe websites of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Home Secretary Theresa May have been taken down as part of a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) campaign. According to Techweek Europe, the attacks were carried out by an Anonymous splinter group named‘ATeam’ who were protesting against the proposed extradition of Gary McKinnon and Richard O’Dwyer to the US. [...]
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09 May 2012 |
Soca website attack: Norway arrests two youthsTwo teenagers in Norway have been arrested in connection with a series of computer attacks. Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) is believed to have been among their suspected targets. Local reports suggest other victims included the Norwegian Lottery and Germany’s Bild newspaper. “We have arrested the two we think were most important in these [...]
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09 May 2012 |
Virgin Media attacked by opponents of The Pirate Bay blockVirgin Media has said it was forced to take its website offline for an hour during a hack attack. Twitter feeds associated with the Anonymous collective announced: “Virgin Media – Tango Down #OpTPB”.he messages suggest that the attack was organised to protest against efforts to block access to The Pirate Bay’s (TPB) file-sharing [...]
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08 May 2012 |
Belgian credit provider Elantis held to ransom over hacked customer dataA group that hacked into the credit division of a European bank is demanding payment to not release customer data. In a Pastebin statement, it said it downloaded extensive confidential customer information from Elantis, a Belgian credit provider owned by Dexia, last week. This included data such as internal login credentials, online loan applications and [...]
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04 May 2012 |
Soca hit by DDoS attackThe website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has been taken offline after it was hit by a Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack last night. Although no claim of responsibility has been made, Soca said that the attack did not ‘pose a security risk to the organisation’. A statement issued to BBC News said: “We [...]
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30 Apr 2012 |
ICO issues £70,000 fine to Aneurin Bevan Health BoardThe Aneurin Bevan Health Board (ABHB) has been served a monetary penalty by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The Welsh health board has been issued with a penalty of £70,000 after a sensitive report was sent to the wrong person. According to the ICO’s undertaking, the error occurred when a letter containing a detailed psychological [...]
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10 Apr 2012 |
Expect more online attacks, Anonymous hackers sayThe hacking group Anonymous says it will launch online attacks every weekend, following claims it disrupted access to the Home Office website. Anonymous Twitter messages warned of the attack on 4 April, and said: “Expect a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) every Saturday on the UK Government sites.” The Home Office site was inaccessible for several hours [...]
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10 Apr 2012 |
Anonymous take down the UK Home OfficeHACKTIVISTS from Anonymous took down the UK Home Office web site this past weekend in protest against Government extradition policies. The attack was reported by a Twitter account called @AnonopUK. “#OpTrialAtHome as been initiated. We are inviting every #Anon to join us in our fight against #Extradition,” said the message that it had circulated among Anonymous [...]
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