The Port of Tyne has confirmed it has been a victim of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber-attack. Port of Tyne website hit by cyber attack – BBC News Your takeaway This type of attack is mainly targeted to disrupt the operation of an organisation’s online services – denying access to …
Just when you thought the election was behind us!
This is not a political story but a cyber security story. Last year it was revealed that the UK’s Electoral Commission – a body charged with maintaining, credibility and openness in the UK’s voting system – had been hacked, about 10 months prior to them making a statement about it. …
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Because It’s Friday – Sorry
I was going to avoid CrowdStrike in today’s “Because It’s Friday”, which is why I ran this on Wednesday: In the aftermath of CrowdStrike… Sharks! But then Randall Munroe got involved on xkcd: xkcd: CrowdStrike If you want something that is not “Global IT Outage” related, this is what this …
“Part of your incident response has to be the message to your stakeholders.”
This is a quote from our promotional material about creating incident response plans. CrowdStrike If you cause a Global IT Outage you had better have a message that is better than a $10 Uber Eats voucher: CrowdStrike backlash over $10 apology voucher for IT chaos – BBC News Your Takeaway …
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In the aftermath of CrowdStrike… Sharks!
This could be “Because It’s Friday” on a Wednesday, it has been one of those weeks. The internet is awash with articles about the CrowdStrike Global IT Outage – we are of course contributing to that number: The Wednesday Bit on Monday – CrowdStrike Global IT Outage | Smart Thinking …
