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China Hacked Phones Of British Officials Close To Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss And Boris Johnson: Report
Chinese hackers infiltrated phones of senior Downing Street aides from 2021 to 2024, raising security concerns ahead of the UK PM's China visit.
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Apple Appealing Against UK 'Back Door' Order, Tribunal Confirms
Apple is appealing against a British government order to create a "back door" to its encrypted cloud storage systems. Apple believes that once created, this o-called backdoor could be exploited by hackers in addition to governments, a sentiment echoed by security experts.
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British Teen Hacker Behind GTA 6 Leaks Sentenced To Life In Hospital
The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody, with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.
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Spies, Hackers, Informants: How China Snoops On The West
British authorities have arrested a man who reportedly spied for China at the heart of the government in London, sparking fresh fears over how Beijing gathers intelligence.
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Two British Teens and Their Audacious Hack of Nvidia, Grand Theft Auto and Uber
At 9pm on September 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other side of the door was someone they believed to be behind two serious data hacks: one on Uber Technologies Inc. and the other an ...
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Twitter Celebrity Hacker Pleads Guilty In US
A British man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts of celebrities like Barack Obama and Elon Musk and stealing $794,000 in cryptocurrency.
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Vietnamese Couple Deletes British Hotel Chain Data For Fun: Report
The hackers claimed they did not feel any guilt about the damage they perpetrated on the hotel chain.
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Twitter Celebrity Hack: UK Citizen Arrested in Spain for Role in 2020 Scam Attack
A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US Justice Department said.
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Russian Hackers Are Abusing VPNs to Hijack Accounts: US, UK Officials
Russian spies accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election have spent much of the past two years abusing virtual private networks (VPNs) to target hundreds of organizations worldwide, US and British authorities said.
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Suspected North Korean Hackers Targeted COVID Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca: Report
Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus.
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China Hacked Phones Of British Officials Close To Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss And Boris Johnson: Report
Chinese hackers infiltrated phones of senior Downing Street aides from 2021 to 2024, raising security concerns ahead of the UK PM's China visit.
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Apple Appealing Against UK 'Back Door' Order, Tribunal Confirms
Apple is appealing against a British government order to create a "back door" to its encrypted cloud storage systems. Apple believes that once created, this o-called backdoor could be exploited by hackers in addition to governments, a sentiment echoed by security experts.
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British Teen Hacker Behind GTA 6 Leaks Sentenced To Life In Hospital
The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody, with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.
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Spies, Hackers, Informants: How China Snoops On The West
British authorities have arrested a man who reportedly spied for China at the heart of the government in London, sparking fresh fears over how Beijing gathers intelligence.
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Two British Teens and Their Audacious Hack of Nvidia, Grand Theft Auto and Uber
At 9pm on September 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other side of the door was someone they believed to be behind two serious data hacks: one on Uber Technologies Inc. and the other an ...
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Twitter Celebrity Hacker Pleads Guilty In US
A British man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts of celebrities like Barack Obama and Elon Musk and stealing $794,000 in cryptocurrency.
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Vietnamese Couple Deletes British Hotel Chain Data For Fun: Report
The hackers claimed they did not feel any guilt about the damage they perpetrated on the hotel chain.
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Twitter Celebrity Hack: UK Citizen Arrested in Spain for Role in 2020 Scam Attack
A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US Justice Department said.
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Russian Hackers Are Abusing VPNs to Hijack Accounts: US, UK Officials
Russian spies accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election have spent much of the past two years abusing virtual private networks (VPNs) to target hundreds of organizations worldwide, US and British authorities said.
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Suspected North Korean Hackers Targeted COVID Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca: Report
Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus.
