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UK’s state investments agency hit by data breach

Security lapse leaves sensitive information and contact details of 51 government officials exposed...
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Hackers steal sensitive data from UK Department for Education and police

Details of parents and staff, including email addresses and phone numbers, are among...
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Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack

Hackers access Australian customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and some...
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Australian patients’ medical records could be sold on dark web after clinics’ data breach

‘Malicious actor’ obtains sensitive data including Medicare numbers, treatment details and pathology results...
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AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns

Signal agencies in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada sound...
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Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging...
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Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says

Tech company says it ‘caught and disrupted’ NSO Group’s attempts to access accounts...
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Developer withdraws plans for Perth datacentre after fierce community opposition

Three-storey GreenSquare datacentre in Hazelmere was to power cloud computing and the acceleration...
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How a simple consumer data breach spiralled into a national security crisis in US-South Korea relations

Washington’s focus on online retailer Coupang has led to accusations that the Trump...
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Private health records of half a million Britons offered for sale on Chinese website

Technology minister tells Commons ‘de-identified’ information from UK Biobank advertised for sale on...
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Rental platform unnecessarily collected the data of millions of Australians, privacy commissioner finds

2Apply’s over-collection of personal information adds to the power of the real estate...
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Booking.com warns customers of hack that exposed their data

Undisclosed number of names and contact and reservation details accessed in latest cybercrime...
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Almost half a million Lloyds customers had personal data exposed in IT glitch

Letter from group published by MPs blames 12 March glitch on software update...
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Google warns quantum computers could hack encrypted systems by 2029

Banks, governments and tech providers urged to upgrade security because current systems will...
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‘Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software

Exclusive: Lab tests discover ‘new form of insider risk’ with artificial intelligence agents...
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Stone, parchment or laser-written glass? Scientists find new way to preserve data

Hard disks and magnetic tape have a limited lifespan, but glass storage developed...
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A Victorian school teacher was applying for ‘heaps of rentals’ online – then someone accessed his bank account

Michael suspects personal information he submitted to rent application platforms was leaked online....
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Real estate agents in Australia using apps that leave millions of lease documents at risk, digital researcher says

‘This is a blatant and disturbing disregard for the law and for people’s...
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Burner phones and lead-lined bags: a history of UK security tactics in China

Starmer’s team is wary of spies but such fears are not new –...
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‘All brakes are off’: Russia’s attempt to rein in illicit market for leaked data backfires

Russian state has tolerated parallel probiv market for its convenience but now Ukrainian...
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‘Mortified’ OBR chair hopes inquiry into budget leak will report next week

Reuters news agency says it obtained document after visiting URL it predicted file...
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London councils enact emergency plans after three hit by cyber-attack

Kensington and Westminster councils investigating whether data has been compromised as Hammersmith and...
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Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online

Sensitive information relates to more than 100 individuals and their refereesPersonal details submitted...