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Thousands of children’s names, pictures and addresses stolen in cyber attack News Hackers have reached out to some parents (Picture: Getty Images) The names, addresses and photos of more than 8,000 nursery children have been stolen by hackers. Kido, a nursery chain with 18 sites in London, one in Windsor and more in the US and India, is being held to ransom…
The FBI’s website for reporting cyber crimes just got attacked by cyber criminals News The FBI is warning against spoof websites imitating its Internet Crime Complaint Center site (Picture: Metro) The FBI’s very own website for reporting cyber crimes has ironically been spoofed by scammers. Threat actors are creating fake websites imitating the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) government site that allows the…
Man arrested over cyber attack that grounded flights at Heathrow and across Europe News Dozens of flights were cancelled and delayed across Europe (Picture: Reuters) A man has been arrested in relation to the cyber attack which crippled operations at Heathrow Airport and other European transport hubs. The man, in his 40s, was detained in West Sussex, the National Crime Agency said, on suspicion…
Cyber attack confirmed as cause of hundreds of flights grounded across Europe News Passengers are seen in front of the check-in counters in Terminal 1 at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Sch’nefeld, Germany (Picture: AP) The cause behind the disruption of operations at Europe’s largest airports has finally been confirmed as a cyber attack. Hundreds of flights were delayed – and some cancelled –…
How prepared is the UK against airport cyber hacks? News Should passengers lose sleep over cyber threats to aviation? (Picture: Metro) The spate of cyber and hybrid attacks targeting aviation has put the industry – and passengers – on high alert. Thousands of travellers had their weekend plans upended after a suspected cyberattack hampered ground operations across major European airports…
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