Gang thought to be from Russia or CIS has attacked companies and institutions in several countries A new name was added to the cyber-rogues’ gallery of ransomware gangs this week after a criminal group called Rhysida claimed responsibility for an attack on the British Library. The library confirmed that …
Ransomware group Rhysida claims responsibility for hack and has posted images from library’s HR files The British Library has confirmed that personal data stolen in a cyber-attack has appeared online, apparently for sale to the highest bidder. The attack was carried out in October by a group known …
Details of thousands of officers may have been taken in ransomware attack on third-party supplier The personal details of tens of thousands of public sector workers could have been breached in a cyber-attack that has hit two of Britain’s biggest police forces, an expert has said. More than …
UK election watchdog admits it did not pass assessment in 2021, when voter data security was breached The Electoral Commission has admitted it failed a cybersecurity test in the same year that hackers successfully attacked the organisation. The UK’s elections watchdog said it did not pass a Cyber …
Potential leaked data from system with access to names, ranks and photos of officers could do ‘incalculable damage in the wrong hands’ The Metropolitan police is on high alert after a security breach involving the IT system of one of its suppliers, the force said. Scotland Yard is working …
Almost one in three people aged 18-34 have been messaged by staff after giving personal details to a business Almost one in three people aged 18-34 have received unwanted romantic contact after giving their personal information to a business, a UK poll has shown. The Information Commissioner’s Office …
Details about PSNI officers appear to be in the possession of people who may terrorise and kill them. The return of power-sharing has never been more urgent Half of the people who live in these islands have no adult memory at all of the Northern Ireland troubles. Too many …
Information about victims of crime, witnesses and suspects included with freedom of information responses, forces say Two police forces in England have admitted mishandling the sensitive data of victims, witnesses and suspects in cases including domestic abuse incidents, sexual offences, assaults, thefts and hate crime. Norfolk and Suffolk police …
Force’s chief constable believes thousands of officers’ personal details are in paramilitary hands Republican paramilitaries have obtained the information that leaked in a Police Service of Northern Ireland data breach, according to the force’s chief constable. Simon Byrne said on Monday that he believed dissident republicans had …
A serving member of Police Service Northern Ireland on the sacrifices that have been made and the lack of support from the top I’m a serving officer with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, from a nationalist background in West Belfast. I couldn’t join the RUC because …
Police-issued laptop, radio and documents stolen from car in Northern Ireland on 6 July About 200 police officers and staff were not informed about the theft of devices and documents with data potentially affecting them for almost a month, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has confirmed. A …
Deputy PM says technology may aid faster government decisions – but warns of massive hacking risks Artificial intelligence could have a more significant impact on Britain than the Industrial Revolution, the deputy prime minister has said, but warned it could be used by hackers to access sensitive information from the …
Breaches hurt police morale and may help republican paramilitaries intimidate officers and their families Police data breaches in Northern Ireland have given republican paramilitaries a powerful tool to intimidate, demoralise and target officers and their families for years to come, according to security experts. The New IRA and other …
Exclusive: Accidental publishing of names and salaries happened in March and follows scandal over PSNI leak Another British police force has experienced a huge breach of the data of all its officers and staff, the Guardian has learned. Cumbria police has admitted accidentally publishing the names and salaries of …
There were 9,000 breaches of personal information last year but experts say not enough is being done to stop them “It’s brutal. People are wondering if they should resign, or move house, or get fortified gates. You can feel the anger.” The comment from a former officer …
DUP MP Sammy Wilson says serious questions must be asked at highest level of PSNI amid fears over safety of officers The head of policing in Northern Ireland has been urged to consider his position over the mass breach of officers’ data amid warnings that terrorists could use the …
Admission that document with names of 200 staff was stolen in July follows revelation of ‘monumental’ data breach on Tuesday The Police Service of Northern Ireland has admitted that this week’s “monumental” data breach followed an earlier leak of names of hundreds of officers and staff, deepening a …
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has launched an investigation into an unprecedented data breach that disclosed details of more than 10,000 police officers and staff in Northern Ireland. The agency, which regulates data privacy laws, is working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland to establish the …
Data from Electoral Commission breach could allow rogue actors to create AI-generated messages in effort to manipulate elections Data accessed in the Electoral Commission hack could help state-backed actors target voters with AI-generated disinformation, experts have warned. The UK elections watchdog revealed on Tuesday that a hostile cyber-attack had …
Russia named as likely culprit in cyber-attack on election watchdog, while police service accidentally publishes staff details The UK election watchdog and Northern Ireland’s police service both announced serious data breaches on Tuesday, in the latest example of the vulnerability of personal details to hacks and human error …
Names and addresses of 40 million registered voters were accessible as far back as 2021 after cyber-attack Confidence in the UK’s electoral regulator has been thrown into question after it emerged a hostile cyber-attack accessing the data of 40 million voters went undetected for a year and the …
Electoral Commission hack is reminder of importance of protecting democratic system where it counts It turns out that while Conservative ministers were spending hours of parliamentary time in 2021-22 introducing requirements for voters to produce ID at polling stations – to protect elections against a threat most experts believed was …
CMA to look at underlying systems of artificial intelligence tools amid concerns over false information Business live – latest updates The UK competition watchdog has fired a shot across the bows of companies racing to commercialise artificial intelligence technology, announcing a review of the sector as fears grow over the …
Exclusive: experts say sensitive information could potentially have been harvested and used for targeted election interference The voting intentions of millions of Britons in local authority wards across the country could have been at risk of misuse as a result of a glitch in the Labour party’s main …
Regulator says Carlos Abarca ‘failed to take reasonable steps’ to ensure outsourcing firm was ready to migrate accounts en masse UK regulators have imposed an £81,000 fine on a former TSB information officer over the bank’s IT meltdown in 2018 that left millions of customers locked out …