Fishing gear seller caught in hacker’s net – BBC News Angling Direct, the UK’s biggest fishing shop has been hacked, with users being redirected to a pornography site. it was probably a phishing attack – I could not resist that.
Reward offered for pipeline attackers
The US government has offered a reward up to $10million for information relating to the DarkSide hacking group that attacked US oil supply infrastructure in May 2021. US offers $10m bounty for Colonial Pipeline hackers – BBC News However as these hackers are thought to be in Russia, even these …
Labour Party membership data compromised
The National Crime Agency, the Information Commissioner’s Office and National Cyber Security Centre are investigating an incident involving the membership data of the Labour Party. Labour Party members’ data hit by cyber incident – BBC News The scale of the breach and the third party that has been breached has …
Don’t tell him Pike!
Such is the sophistication of the bad actors on the web that it is easy to get caught out and let people steal your credentials. Have you seen those games on Facebook, where for example you are asked to give the name of your first pet and the road you …
Tesco defends against an attack
Tesco reports that services are back to normal after some disruption over the weekend. However as with any cybersecurity incident, action continues to be taken to check if any other systems are compromised – but I have changed my Tesco password, Tesco website and app back up after hack attempt …
