The Home Office is insisting that the Police National Computer was not compromised, via an attack on Dacoll (an MSP). Police National Computer not pwned by Clop ransomware crims • The Register
More on the sharing of compromised passwords with “‘;–have i been pwned?”
I wrote about this yesterday: UK National Crime Agency shares compromised passwords – Smart Thinking Solutions Here are two more stories about The National Crime Agency’s (NCA) donation of passwords in the wild. UK donates 225 million stolen passwords to hack-checking site – BBC News UK National Crime Agency finds …
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US federal government agency compromised with a sophisticated attack
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is understood to have been suffering a advanced persistent threat (APT) compromising the internal networks. US federal agency compromised in suspected APT attack – The Record by Recorded Future This agency has a role in shaping US government policy when it …
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UK National Crime Agency shares compromised passwords
There is a website where you can check if your password has been compromised – yes really. It does sound like a scam to harvest unsuspecting users passwords, but no. The website https://haveibeenpwned.com/ has built a reputation as a useful cyber security tool. Now the UK National Crime Agency has …
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Sainsbury’s impacted by ransomware attack
Sainsbury’s payroll hit by Kronos attack – BBC News The payroll systems provider Kronos has been hit by a ransomware attack which has impacted a range of businesses here in the UK and the US. The supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has reportedly lost a week of data relating to it’s 150.000 …
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