The UK government says it is “disappointed” after the European Court of Justice said the “indiscriminate” collection of data was against EU law. EU judges said communications data could only…
Year: 2016
Smart homes haunted by the cyber-ghost of Christmas future
This year delivered a chilling warning as we witnessed distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on a scale that few thought possible. By Professor Alan Woodward, Department of Computing, University…
PayAsUGym hack exposes members' card details
Fitness website PayAsUGym has admitted that members’ financial details were stolen when one of its servers was hacked on Thursday. The discovery was made by security experts who found partial…
US hacking claims: Russia says 'indecent' without evidence
US claims that Russia hacked official emails, without evidence, are “indecent”, the Kremlin has said. “They need to either stop talking about this or finally present some sort of proof,”…
Pressure on Yahoo grows after massive hack attack
Pressure on Yahoo continued to grow after the internet search giant revealed that it was the victim of another huge hacking attack in 2013. The company’s shares closed down more…
Yahoo: How do state hackers break in?
Yahoo has revealed that login details for up to one billion accounts have gone missing. By Mark Ward, Technology correspondent, BBC News The massive breach was discovered while it investigated…