A student who admitted involvement in a string of high-profile cyber attacks has been given a suspended sentence. Jack Chappell, 19, from Stockport played a “substantial” role in attacking multinational…
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Huddle's 'highly secure' work tool exposed KPMG and BBC files
The BBC has discovered a security flaw in the office collaboration tool Huddle that led to private documents being exposed to unauthorised parties. A BBC journalist was inadvertently signed in…
Russia causing 'cyber-space mayhem', says ex-GCHQ boss
Russian authorities are a threat to democracy, former GCHQ director Robert Hannigan has said. There was “a disproportionate amount of mayhem in cyber-space” coming from the country, he told the…
BBC, MSN hit by malicious ad attack
Several large websites have been hit by an attack that made them display malicious adverts that led to some visitors being infected with ransomware. Sites hit included MSN, BBC.com, the…
'Anti-IS group' claims BBC website attack
The group, calling itself New World Hacking, said it had carried out the attack as a “test of its capabilities”. A group that says it targets online activity linked to…
'Anti-IS group' claims BBC website attack
The group, calling itself New World Hacking, said it had carried out the attack as a “test of its capabilities”. A group that says it targets online activity linked to…