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Go-Ahead cyberattack might derail UK public transport services
2022-09-06 13:03

One of the UK's largest public transport operators, Go-Ahead Group, has fallen victim to a cyberattack. The Go-Ahead Group, which connects people across its bus and rail networks, reported it was "Managing a cyber security incident" after "Unauthorized activity" was detected on its network.

Nadine Dorries promotes 'Brexit rewards' of proposed UK data protection law
2022-09-05 11:06

Getting its second reading in the House of Commons, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill sets out how the UK plans to diverge from data protection legislation introduced during its membership of the European Union. The legal changes would improve the UK's ability to strike international data deals and make these partnerships more secure, allowing British businesses to seize billions of pounds of data trade as a reward of Brexit, according to Dorries.

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Ransomware attack on UK water company clouded by confusion
2022-08-18 06:28

A water company in the drought-hit UK was recently compromised by a ransomware gang, though initially it was unclear exactly which water company was the victim. Clop, a prolific Russian-speaking gang known for extorting industrial organizations, claimed on its website that it had broken into and stolen data from Thames Water - which supplies water to about 15 million people, including those in the capital, London.

Hackers attack UK water supplier but extort wrong company
2022-08-16 09:05

A company supplying 330 million liters of drinking water to 1.6 consumers daily, has issued a statement confirming IT disruption from a cyberattack. As the announcement explains, the safety and water distribution systems are still operational, so the disruption of the IT systems doesn't impact the supply of safe water to its customers or those of its subsidiaries, Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water.

Hackers attack UK water supplier but extort wrong victim
2022-08-16 09:05

As the announcement explains, the safety and water distribution systems are still operational, so the disruption of the IT systems doesn't impact the supply of safe water to its customers or those of its subsidiaries, Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water. The Clop ransomware gang claimed Thames Water as their victim via an announcement on their onion site today, alleging to have accessed SCADA systems they could manipulate to cause harm to 15 million customers.

Hackers attack UK water supplier with 1.6 million customers
2022-08-16 09:05

A company supplying 330 million liters of drinking water to 1.6 consumers daily, has issued a statement confirming IT disruption from a cyberattack. As the announcement explains, the safety and water distribution systems are still operational, so the disruption of the IT systems doesn't impact the supply of safe water to its customers or those of its subsidiaries, Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water.

UK NHS service recovery may take a month after MSP ransomware attack
2022-08-11 16:18

Managed service provider Advanced confirmed that a ransomware attack on its systems disrupted emergency services from the United Kingdom's National Health Service. Customers of seven solutions from the British MSP have been impacted either directly or indirectly, the company said.

UK NHS suffers outage after cyberattack on managed service provider
2022-08-05 22:43

United Kingdom's National Health Service 111 emergency services are affected by a significant and ongoing outage triggered by a cyberattack that hit the systems of British managed service provider Advanced. Advanced's Adastra client patient management solution, which is used by 85% of NHS 111 services, has been hit by a major outage together with several other services provided by the MSP, according to a status page.

UK Parliament bins its TikTok account over China surveillance fears
2022-08-04 05:58

The UK's Parliament has ended its presence on TikTok after MPs pointed out the made-in-China social media service probably sends data about its users back to Beijing. The existence of the account saw half a dozen MPs write to the presiding officers of the Houses of Lords and Commons - Lord McFall of Alcluith and Sir Lindsay Hoyle, respectively - to ask for the account to be discontinued.

NortonLifeLock and Avast $8.6b deal gets provisional yes from UK regulator
2022-08-03 11:30

That closer look is pretty much done and dusted and the CMA has provisionally decided that the deal doesn't raise competition concerns in the UK. This is due to existing players, including the duo's main rival in the UK, McAfee, and Microsoft's bundling of its own security applications into Windows. Microsoft has adopted somewhat of a scattergun approach to cybersecurity in its flagship operating system; what is built into Windows is known as Windows Security and includes Microsoft Defender Antivirus.