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Samsung confirms data breach affecting some UK customers

Samsung has confirmed the personal contact information of some UK customers has been “unlawfully obtained” in a data breach. The technology giant said no financial data, bank card details or customer passwords were involved, but in an email sent to ...

16 Nov 2023 at 14:59

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Man (50) charged in connection with PSNI data breach

A 50 year-old man has been charged with possessing documents or records likely to be useful to terrorists and possession of articles for use in terrorism. It is understood the charge is in relation to detectives investigating criminality linked to ...

19 Aug 2023 at 20:33

‘Malign actor’ behind MoD cyber attack, Sunak says

The Prime Minister has declined to identify the “malign actor” behind a cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) amid speculation China carried out the hack. The Government has confirmed that a third-party payroll system was hacked, ...

07 May 2024 at 15:57

Northern Ireland

Department of Justice braced for ‘most challenging year’ amid funding challenges

Northern Ireland’s Department of Justice is facing £444 million of pressures ahead of its “most challenging year”, a Stormont committee has heard. Of the pressures, £116 million is expected to be required for legal costs and ...

29 Feb 2024 at 19:04

City council says confidential documents shared online after cyber attack

Leicester City Council has said confidential documents stolen from its servers in a cyber attack have been published online by hackers. The unitary authority was targeted last month in an attack which forced it to close ...

04 Apr 2024 at 12:32

State involvement in MoD cyber attack cannot be ruled out, Grant Shapps says

Grant Shapps has said that “state involvement” in the large-scale cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) cannot be ruled out amid speculation China carried out the hack. The Defence Secretary said there is ...

07 May 2024 at 19:35

City

Cybercrime gang gives BBC, British Airways and Boots ultimatum after mass hack

A cybercrime gang that is thought to be based in Russia has warned major British companies employing more than 100,000 staff to email them before June 14 or stolen data will be published. According to the BBC, ...

07 Jun 2023 at 08:26

Crime victims’ data revealed by two police forces in FoI responses

The personal data of more than 1,000 people, including victims of crime, was included in Freedom of Information (FoI) responses issued by Norfolk and Suffolk Police, the forces have said. In a statement, the ...

15 Aug 2023 at 12:56

Ireland

Man, 50, will appear in court following major data breach at PSNI

A man will appear in court on Monday charged with possessing documents in relation to a major data breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). In an error made by a junior member of staff when ...

20 Aug 2023 at 00:19

Investigation launched after details of three officers posted on bus shelter

Police in Northern Ireland have said a poster with details of three serving officers was placed on a bus shelter in Co Londonderry. An investigation has been launched into the incident in Chapel Road in ...

01 Sept 2023 at 16:28

World

US Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations and documents

Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency has said. The department ...

30 Dec 2024 at 21:58

Dell confirms data breach affecting customer personal details

Computing giant Dell has confirmed it is investigating a data breach which the company says saw some personal information related to customers accessed. The company did not confirm if the incident ...

13 May 2024 at 09:09

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