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UK Ministers under probe for using personal emails for government projects
Acting on a complaint received from a Ministerial staff, the UK Information Commissioner’s office has started an investigation that deals with the fact on whether some or all the UK ministers are using personal email accounts while conducting government businesses. Elizabeth Denham, the data protection commissioner of Britain, has confirmed the news and assured that […]
Was UK health secretary love scandal an exposure of Chinese Espionage through hidden Cameras
While the entire anti-lockdown protesters in London are demanding the arrest of Matt Hancock, the health secretary; for breaching COVID lockdown rules and embracing & kissing his personal aide Gina Coladangelo, new speculation is doing rounds on the internet. Some Facebook groups are buzzing with speculation that the office romance caught in between Britain’s health […]
Mobile Security Scare makes UK Boris Johnson dump his old phone number
The old phone number of Britain’s PM Boris Johnson that has been freely available on the internet for the past 15 years is no longer available with him and this was confirmed by his cabinet secretary last week. As retaining a phone number for longer periods attracts unnecessary attention from hostile nations, the PM was […]
Flaws in UK’s Online Safety Bill
UK’s Online Safety Bill that was published as a draft on May 12, 2021, is reportedly having certain flaws say, experts. When going through the freshly set guidelines, the draft gives us the understanding that it only applies to big companies like Facebook and will only imply to users who upload or download content from/to […]
Hackers exploit vulnerability on UK NHS Covid vaccine website
The Corona Virus vaccine related website hosted by NHS is hitting the google news headlines for all wrong reasons. Reports are in that the website is allowing anyone to access vaccine related status and information of anyone and is also allowing them to alter the details. The NHS Covid Vaccine website allows UK populace to […]
Britain a Cyber Power and a Big Animal in Digital World
As per the perspective of UK’s intelligence chief Jeremy Fleming, Britain seems to be a Cyber Power and its adversaries such as China and Russia are busy disrupting the future technologies of the country. Britain has emerged as a big animal in the digital world and needs to develop its sovereign capabilities in areas such […]
Britons be aware of the new Cyber Scam before Christmas
All you people out there excited to celebrate Christmas, you better be aware of the new cyber scam that is taking place in and around UK. From the past few weeks, some hackers are seen sending fake emails claiming to be from parcel services like DPD and Royal mail and asking recipients to provide a […]
UK MPS face 3 million email cyber attacks every month
In one of the astonishing surveys conducted by Parliament Street; it was revealed that the Member of Parliaments in UK were been targeted by 3 million email cyber attacks on a monthly note- a 60% increase in cyber attacks witnessed on a year on year scale. Last year, the same survey revealed that the MPs […]
UK offers £500,000 to boost Cyber Security of Healthcare Sector
Britain has finally saved the healthcare sector from cyber attacks by pledging £500,000. The funding will help those playing a key role in containing the COVID 19 pandemic spread to remain resilient. Therefore, the funding can be utilized by medical suppliers and primary care providers to cover all their consultancy and certification costs associated with […]
Atleast 96% businesses in UK suffered one major cyber attack in 2019
According to a survey conducted by Forrester, at least 96% of businesses have suffered one major cyber attack in 2019. Also, the study commissioned by Tenable said that there has been a dramatic rise in business impacting cyber attacks in the last two years. The study also discovered that ransomware attacks have evolved into an […]
