Britain
Britain to combat Russian Cyber Attacks with £250 Million Cyber Force
United Kingdom has decided to combat its cyber adversaries with a £250 Million Cyber Force. The Theresa May led country has disclosed that the cyber force will help combat terrorist groups and criminal gangs apart from the Cyber Threats emerging from countries like Russia, China, and Iran. Britain’s Cyber Force includes experts from military services […]
Britain Watchdog $658,000 fine on Equifax and NSA Eternal Blue Cyber Threat
US Crediting reporting company Equifax has been slapped with a fine of $658,000 or £500,000 for failing to protect information of more than 15 million UK citizens during a cyber attack which took place last year. The Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) has come up with the said conclusion of levying a penalty on Equifax after it […]
UK TV License website glitch makes 40,000 households vulnerable to Hackers
In Britain and the territories attached to it on Coast, every household watching or recording television content during broadcast needs to hold a television license to do so. It is like a legal permission given by the Broadcasting authority to watch the content via terrestrial, satellite, cable or internet. Cybersecurity Insiders has learned that nearly […]
Over 20K Superdrug customer details leaked in Cyber Attack
Superdrug Stores PLC, an online health and beauty retailer in the UK has admitted that hackers stole details of its 20K customers for ransom. A spokesperson who apologized to its customers via Twitter added that the stolen details include customer names, addresses, phone numbers, reward points and DOBs for most of the customers. It’s said […]
Some exciting Cyber News for this Weekend
Well, we do not know whether this news might interest all. But we believe it surely has some substance to excite most of the reading minds. A bunch of Google employees is said to have signed a petition against their company for developing a separate search engine for the Chinese populace. They believe that the […]
UK Watchdog imposes £500,000 penalty on Facebook
UK’s data Watchdog has imposed a penalty of £500,000 pounds on Facebook for fraudulently handing over the personal information of its American users to Cambridge Analytica in 2015. Henceforth the said sum happens to be the largest possible fine imposed by Britain’s Information Commission on any private company till date. The press statement released by […]
British cyber experts hack ISIS Online Magazine to curb terror
British Cyber Experts is said to have hacked the online magazine named Rumiyah Publication last year in a bid to shut down online terror that gloated the Manchester bombing. News is out that the monthly publication has not been released since last year due to the impact. The publication which is being discussed is an […]
Banks in the UK forcing customers to online frauds
Banks operating across England have picked up a new trend of closing their branches in rural areas and forcing customers to go online. Financial market analysts say that the move was chosen in a bid to cut down the CapEx and OpEx costs and bring the banking services close to the fingertips of their respective […]
NHS signs £150 million deal with Microsoft to boost its Cyber Security Defenses
After the May’17 WannaCry Ransomware attack, National Health Service of UK, shortly known as NHS is reported to spend £150 million to boost its cyber attack defenses against growing cyber threats from countries like Russia and North Korea. The healthcare organization is said to have signed a deal with Microsoft to enhance its security intelligence […]
Russian Cyber Threat forces the UK to sign digital security Pact
Russian Cyber Threat has forced the United Kingdom to sign world’s largest digital security pact worth £15 million. The digital agreement is expected to include leaders from 53 nations to sign the world’s largest cyber declaration which assures to join forces to combat criminals and hostile actors engaged in cyber warfare. As the cyber threat […]
