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…
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TalkTalk profits halve after cyber attack
Telephone and broadband provider Talktalk saw profits more than halve following a hack attack on its systems last October. Profits fell to £14m compared with £32m a year earlier. That…
Hackers target BAE Systems 100 times a year
Defence giant unveils ‘unusual suspects’ line-up of typical hackers as it reveals scale of state-backed cyber attacks on it. By Alan Tovey, Industry Editor Defence group BAE Systems faces serious…
Moonfruit takes websites offline after cyber-attack threat
Thousands of business and personal websites have been taken offline by web host Moonfruit, after it was threatened with a cyber-attack. The Moonfruit service lets customers easily build templated websites.…