Some University of Manchester students and staff have been receiving emails, warning them that their personal information will soon be disclosed, because the University has not responded to the criminal’s demands. University of Manchester: Students and staff sent data leak threat – BBC News The students and staff number about …
University of Manchester Cyber Attack
The University has informed all relevant authorities, including the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the National Crime Agency (NCA), about the data theft and security breach. The investigations are ongoing. University of Manchester says hackers ‘likely’ stole data in cyberattack (bleepingcomputer.com)
Scamming the Hackers
Here is a good news cyber security story: UK National Crime Agency reveals it ran fake DDoS-for-hire sites to collect users’ data (therecord.media) When enquiring about buying distributed denial of service attacks, the hackers were duped into giving their information to law enforcement. An excellent example of social engineering – …
Royal Mail Cyber Security Incident
An unexplained cyber security incident at the Royal Mail has caused the closure of their overseas mail service – with calls for customers not to send any overseas mail whilst the incident continues. Royal Mail tells people not to send post abroad due to ‘cyber incident’ – BBC News They …
Water company leaks customer data
South Staffordshire PLC, the parent company of South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water, is warning that customer bank details may have been stolen by cyber criminals. This information and other customer details taken during the data breach may now be on the Dark Web. It has started informing the customers …
Global co-operation brings down a giant cyber-criminal website selling stolen login credentials
As you can see from the image above this was a worldwide effort, including the National Crime Agency and Europol, to close the doors on RaidForums, a resource that cyber criminals used to buy and sell stolen information. Unusually this site was on the internet – you and I could …
Cyber-attacks cost money – Gloucester City Council
Here is a follow-up to the story of the poor cyber security at Gloucester City Council: Concerns over ‘ever-rising’ cost of Gloucester City Council cyber attack – BBC News The council leaders are now struggling with the cost of recovering the situation for the citizens that elected them. Jeremy Hilton, …
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