Cyber criminals in the frame after National Portrait Gallery is hit with 350,000 email attacks
London's leading art gallery hit with over 100,000 cyber attacks every month, including phising scams, spam emails, malware and viruses. Andy Heather VP at Centrify warns that attacks could be used to steal confidential membership data
- 10 February 2020
Facebook crime rises 19% as government introduces code of conduct
As the Daily Telegraph reports that social media sites will face a new government code of conduct, indepdent police figures show that Facebook crimes have rocketed by 19% in a single year, with harassment, sexual offences and malicious communications included in the 32,451 incidents
- 22 January 2020
Instagram crimewave sees incidents rise 43% in a year
Social networking site Instagram has seen a surge in serious crimes, according to official figures released by the Parliament Street think tank
- 6 January 2020
Labour hit with massive cyber attack designed to take all systems offline
Cyber experts warn of major security risks to the general election as hackers target Jeremy Corbyn in a malicious attack designed to take all Labour Party systems offline
- 12 November 2019
Nearly two thirds of UK workers don’t realise hacking is a criminal offence
Hacking into emails and social media accounts is not considered a criminal offence by nearly two thirds of UK workers, accordingly to the latest research polling from Centrify, the zero-trust cybersecurity company
- 4 November 2019
Over three quarters of UK workforce lack basic cyber training
Centrify polling reveals that over two thirds of UK workers have never been provided with cyber security training from their employers
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City of London bombarded with one million cyber-attacks every month
Cyber security experts have warned of the growing risks that hackers pose to councils after official data reveals that the City of London Corporation has is attacked with malware and viruses nearly one million times per month
- 23 August 2019
Hackers bombarding the NHS with 11m+ attacks
The NHS has been hit with over 11.3 million email-based cyber-attacks over the past three years, illustrating a major threat to healthcare systems in the UK, according to new data from NHS Digital. The news comes as cyber experts warm of the increasing risk posed to NHS patients, with hackers attempting to breach systems to steal data.
- 12 July 2019
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