The Latest Breaking News on Cybersecurity

Russians blamed for shock cyber attack hitting millions of UK voters

Moscow-linked hackers ‘top of the suspects list by a mile’, says ex-MI6 boss

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

What to know about PSNI’s ‘major data breach’

The force’s Assistant Chief Constable Chris Todd apologised to his staff for the breach.

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

Northern Irish police accidentally share names, work location of officers

UK’s MI5 intelligence agency recently increased threat level in Northern Ireland from ‘domestic terrorism’ to severe.

Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2023

Emergency meeting called after major police data breach in Northern Ireland

There has been a major data breach involving officers and civilian staff of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), PA understands.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 8, 2023

Probe launched into cyber-attack on UK’s election registers

Electoral Commission apologises for breach which exposed details of millions of voters to hackers

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023

Falling short: On the Digital Data Protection Bill, 2023

The Digital Data Protection Bill 2023 must be thoroughly discussed and its discrepancies ironed out in the Rajya Sabha

The Hindu · Aug 8, 2023

MPs fiddled with voter ID as electoral data security burned

Electoral Commission hack is reminder of importance of protecting democratic system where it counts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023

Hacker attacks on Mac users are 10x as high as they were in 2019, report says

New data from Accenture suggests it's time to shore up your Mac security.

iMore · Aug 8, 2023

UK Electoral Commission apologises to voters following two-year cyberattack

Hackers had access to voter names, addresses, and email addresses of anyone who was registered to vote in the UK between 2014 and 2022, as well as overseas voters

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023

Shock for millions of voters as details exposed in hack – which went undetected for a year

Electoral Commission apologises and admits it doesn’t know ‘what files may or may not have been accessed’

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023