Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20) received 5.5-year prison sentences for a 2024 cyber-attack on Transport For London (TfL). The hack, carried out as part of the Scattered Spider collective, disrupted services, stole millions of customer data, and cost TfL £39m.
The Bank of England and FCA will regulate major tech firms like Amazon and Google from Monday, overseeing critical third parties to ensure financial stability and consumer protection against cyber-attacks and outages.
Ransomware-Angriffe nehmen zu, auch beim deutschen Mittelstand. Kriminelle verschlüsseln IT-Systeme und fordern Lösegeld, oft mit der Drohung, gestohlene Daten zu veröffentlichen. Krisenverhandler Michael Sjøberg und Peter Skovbo geben Tipps zur Abwehr und zur Wiedererlangung der Kontrolle.
Ransomware-Angriffe nehmen zu, auch beim deutschen Mittelstand. Experten erklären, wie sich Unternehmen schützen und im Ernstfall die Kontrolle zurückgewinnen können.
Ransomware-Angriffe stellen ein wachsendes Geschäftsrisiko dar, insbesondere für den deutschen Mittelstand. 2025 wurden 1041 Angriffe gemeldet. Krisenverhandler Michael Sjøberg und Peter Skovbo geben Tipps zur Abwehr und Wiedererlangung der Kontrolle.
Telstra experienced a major outage Wednesday, affecting thousands of mobile customers. A software defect caused network time servers to reset, leading to intermittent issues with calls and data. The disruption caused commuter chaos and affected emergency services and EFTPOS systems.
Ransomware-Angriffe nehmen zu, auch beim deutschen Mittelstand. Kriminelle verschlüsseln IT-Systeme und fordern Lösegeld. Krisenverhandler Michael Sjøberg und Peter Skovbo geben Tipps zur Abwehr und Wiedererlangung der Kontrolle.
Anthropic has restored access to its Fable AI model after a two-week halt due to US government concerns over potential cyber-attack abuse. Export controls were lifted following collaboration with the Commerce Department to enhance safeguards, with the government now working closely with AI companies on security protocols.
The Five Eyes national security agencies warn of escalating cyber risks due to AI models' autonomous hacking capabilities, emphasizing the need for defensive AI harnessing amid a widening skill-ability gap.
Owen Flowers (18) and Thalha Jubair (20) pleaded guilty to the 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London (TfL), which disrupted services and affected millions of people's data. Both had extensive cyber-offending histories, raising questions about intervention effectiveness and the need for stronger legal powers.
Romania's national cyber-security centre ordered over 100 hospitals to disconnect from the internet in February 2024 to stop a mass ransomware attack via medical software. Staff resorted to paper records, while IT teams worked to restore systems, preventing patient harm but causing data loss. The incident is a test case for international disaster planners.
Two British members of the Scattered Spider hacking group, Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers, pleaded guilty to a cyber-attack on Transport for London that cost £39m and affected 10 million people. The attack disrupted services and led to customer data theft.
Ransomware-Angriffe stellen ein wachsendes Geschäftsrisiko dar, insbesondere für den deutschen Mittelstand. 2025 wurden 1041 Angriffe gemeldet. Krisenverhandler Michael Sjøberg und Peter Skovbo geben Tipps zur Abwehr und Wiedererlangung der Kontrolle.
Ransomware-Angriffe nehmen zu, besonders im deutschen Mittelstand. Kriminelle verschlüsseln IT-Systeme und fordern Lösegeld, oft mit der Drohung der Datenveröffentlichung. Krisenverhandler geben Tipps zur Abwehr und Kontrolle.
Ransomware-Angriffe stellen ein wachsendes Geschäftsrisiko dar, besonders für den deutschen Mittelstand. 2025 gab es 1041 gemeldete Angriffe. Krisenverhandler Michael Sjøberg und Peter Skovbo geben Tipps zur Abwehr und Wiedererlangung der Kontrolle.
Finanzaufseher warnen vor drei unterschätzten Risiken an den Börsen: die Folgen des Iran-Kriegs, die Gefahr durch wenig regulierte Marktteilnehmer im Private-Credit-Markt und Cyberrisiken durch KI. Die Bewertungen an den Kapitalmärkten gelten als überdehnt.
Ransomware-Angriffe nehmen zu, auch beim deutschen Mittelstand. Kriminelle verschlüsseln IT-Systeme und fordern Lösegeld, oft mit der Drohung der Datenveröffentlichung. Krisenverhandler geben Tipps zur Abwehr und zur Wiedererlangung der Kontrolle.
Ransomware-Angriffe nehmen zu, auch beim deutschen Mittelstand. Kriminelle verschlüsseln IT-Systeme und fordern Lösegeld, oft in Bitcoin, und drohen mit Datenveröffentlichung. Krisenverhandler geben Tipps zur Abwehr und Kontrolle.
Hackers accessed significant personal student and alumni data, including financial and personal details, from the University of Nottingham's Campus Solutions system. The university is investigating with regulatory bodies and has contacted affected individuals.
UK business leaders are warning that rising shoplifting, fraud, and cyber-attacks are becoming a significant obstacle to economic growth. The British Chambers of Commerce reports two-fifths of companies experienced crime in the past year, urging government action.
Jaguar Land Rover's annual profit plummeted to £14m, a 99% drop from £2.5bn last year, due to US tariffs impacting US demand and a devastating cyber-attack that halted production for months, alongside challenges in the competitive Chinese market.
Fears over a natural disaster or cyber attack are pushing households into contingency planning, Link survey showsMillions of Britons are “prepping” for a potential “major disruptive event” by keeping a stash of cash at home, stockpiling tinned goods or ensuring they have a battery-powered torch close to hand, new data suggests.With war raging in the Middle East and Ukraine, extreme weather becoming more frequent, and warnings that the UK’s critical infrastructure is at risk from cyber-attacks and power outages, many people feel the world has become a more dangerous and chaotic place. Continue reading...
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsClimate campaigners attack Shell over ‘windfall’ profits from Iran warThe Danish shipping giant Maersk has maintained its profit guidance for the year, even as it reported a spike in fuel costs and warned that traffic through the strait of Hormuz “remains at a near standstill”.The company, which transports goods around the world via sea, road, rail and air, said demand for shipping containers remained strong, but that war in the Middle East was ramping up costs.“The reopening of the strait of Hormuz, whether it happens in the days to come or the months to come, will have limited impact on cargo flows.What really are the most important factors to consider: first is our ability to mitigate the cost increases we have been suddenly faced with. And I would say so far we have been successful with both our cost measures and the revenue, the commercial measures that we have put in place to mitigate the impact of these increases to our financials.”“The secondary effect from this is actually whether these increased costs are eventually going to lead to inflation and demand destruction as a result, which could create a softened market environment in the second half of the year.” Continue reading...
Cyber-attacks, disinformation and blockading of supplies. This is what living in a war zone can look like nowWe are at war. Four words that sound ludicrously melodramatic on a sunny spring day, when all may not be exactly right with the world – but when you can still shut your eyes to a lot of it just by switching off the news and cracking on with life. No bombs are falling, no bullets flying, no sirens sounding. Though the idea that Britain is already under a form of hybrid attack is commonplace in defence circles, politicians still mostly skirt around it; and it was jolting at first to hear the Labour MP (and former RAF wing commander) Calvin Bailey make the case for conflict being our new reality at a conference hosted by the Good Growth Foundation thinktank last week in London. But then he started to unpack his reasoning for why war is no longer what you think it is.If war can be considered an assault on five fronts – against a country’s political leadership, critical infrastructure, essentials such as food or fuel supplies, civilian population and armed forces – then Britain is arguably now being attacked on the first four without a shot being fired. Think of rampant, Russian-generated political disinformation on social media and attempts to bribe British politicians; of Russian submarine surveillance of the British undersea cables carrying most of our internet traffic, or the four “nationally significant” cyber-attacks recorded every week; of the blockading of food and fuel supplies through the strait of Hormuz. Think, too, of Keir Starmer’s warning in the Sunday Times last week of conflict with Iran coming home to British civilians via “the use of proxies in this country”. He didn’t elaborate, but counter-terrorism police say they are investigating whether a spate of arson attacks on synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses and Iranians living in Britain may have been sponsored by Tehran – a thugs-for-hire tactic familiar from the Russian playbook for sowing division and hate.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnistGuardian Newsroom: Can Labour come back from the brink? On Thursday 30 April, join Gaby Hinsliff, Zoe Williams, Polly Toynbee and Rafael Behr as they discuss how much of a threat Labour faces from the Green party and Reform UK – and whether Keir Starmer can survive as leader. Book tickets here or at guardian.live Continue reading...
