A British man who hacked high profile Twitter accounts as part of a Bitcoin scam has been jailed in the US, writes the BBC*. Joseph O’Connor, from Liverpool, hijacked more than 130 accounts in July 2020, including those of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Elon Musk. The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to hacking charges last month. … More Twitter hacker sentenced to five years in prison
Daily Telegraph* claims International cyber-terrorists could target live broadcasts during the Coronation in order to take the ceremony off the air and score a propaganda coup. British newspaper suggests foreign hackers* are the most capable and likely of launching a cyber attack and report that broadcasters say they are taking preventative measures to protect their … More Media expresses fears hackers could take British Coronation broadcast offline
Millions could be at risk of cyberattacks due to poor default passwords and a lack of firmware updates. Millions use Wi-Fi routers that contain various security flaws and may put them at risk of cyberattacks, an investigation by British consumer watchdog Which? has found. Together with Red Maple Technologies, Which? looked at 13 commonly used older router … More Popular routers found vulnerable to hacker attacks
The breach exposed the personal data of 160,000 people and cost the telecom company £77 million. Two young Brits have been jailed for their roles in the breach at the telecommunications company TalkTalk in 2015, The Guardian reports. The Old Bailey criminal court in London sentenced Matthew Hanley, 23, and Connor Allsopp, 21, both from Staffordshire, to … More Two Brits jailed for TalkTalk hack
One week after publicly revealing that a data breach had exposed the personal information and social security numbers of up to 143 million American consumers, the credit reporting agency has revealed more details of just how many people are affected in the UK. Although Equifax’s UK systems are said not to have fallen victim to … More Equifax confirms up to 400,000 UK consumers at risk after data breach
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