US health insurer Banner Health has written to 3.7 million customers and healthcare providers to warn that their data may have been stolen, after a cyber-attack. By Chris Baraniuk, Technology…
Day: August 5, 2016
Can companies ever keep our data safe?
Yahoo is investigating claims the hacker linked to “mega-breaches” at MySpace and LinkedIn has posted details of 200 million Yahoo accounts to a marketplace on the dark web. In total…
Are smart city transport systems vulnerable to hackers?
One word. Four letters. “Poop.” It wasn’t so much the word, but its position that caused New Jersey photojournalist Lori Nichols to turn her car around on a highway near…
Mumsnet cyber-hacker ordered to do 200 hours' unpaid work
A teenager who launched a cyber-attack against parenting site Mumsnet – forcing it to reset millions of passwords – has been sentenced. David Buchanan, 18, was ordered to do 200…