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Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2020
The British government aims at improving its offensive cyber capability

Britain’s most senior cyber general declared that the UK has implemented an advanced offensive cyberwar capability that could destroy its enemies. Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, the UK’s strategic command chief, announced that that the UK has implemented an advanced offensive cyberwar capability that could potentially “degrade, disrupt and destroy” the critical infrastructure of its adversaries. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2020
Huawei faces 5G ban from British’s 5G network within months

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going to ban the use of equipment from the Chinese tech giant Huawei in Britain’s 5G network, reported The Daily Telegraph. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to begin phasing out the use of network equipment manufactured by the Chinese tech giant Huawei in the UK’s 5G network […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2020
British Army launches a new Cyber Regiment

British Army has created a new regiment that will be tasked to operate its in-house security operations centre … cybersecurity is a pillar of UK defence strategy! The British Ministry of Defence continues to invest in cybersecurity as part of its strategy, it has launched a new regiment that will take charge of its in-house […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2020
Boris Johnson to reduce Huawei’s role in national 5G network

UK Government will reduce the presence of the equipment manufactured by Chinese Huawei in its 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. UK Government will reduce the presence of the equipment manufactured by the Chinese tech firm Huawei in its 5G network in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak. Early this year, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2020
Elexon, a middleman in the UK power grid network hit by cyber-attack

Elexon, a middleman in the UK power grid network, recently reported it was hit by a cyber attack. Elexon, a middleman in the UK power grid network, was the victim of a cyber attack, the incident impacted only affected the internal IT network, including the company’s email server, and employee laptops “Hackers have targeted a critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2020
Interserve UK defense contractor hacked, up to 100,000 past and present employees details exposed

Britain’s Ministry of Defence contractor Interserve has been hacked, intruders have stolen up to 100,000 past and present employees’ details. Interserve, a contractor for the Britain’s Ministry of Defence suffered a security breach, hackers have stolen up to 100,000 of past and current employees details. The company currently has around 53,000 employees. Stolen data includes […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2019
Facebook agrees to pay a fine of $643,000 in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook has agreed to pay a fine of $643,000 (500,000 pounds) in the privacy case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In July 2018, Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. for its conduct in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Facebook has been fined £500,000 in the U.K., the maximum fine allowed by the UK’s Data […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2019
NCSC Report: U.K. neutralized over 600 cyber attacks this year

NCSC Report: U.K. has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas The National Cyber Security Centre announced that the U.K. has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas. Hackers from overseas, many of which are […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2019
Britain ‘Approves’ Huawei role in building ‘non-core’ parts for 5G Network

British Government has approved a limited role for Huawei in the building of a national 5G network in the country, ignoring security concerns from senior ministers According to The Daily Telegraph newspaper, British Prime Minister Theresa May decided to assign a limited role to Chinese telco giant Huawei in the building of a 5G network […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2018
Sodexo Filmology data breach – Users need cancel their credit cards

Sodexo food services and facilities management company notified a number of customers that it was the victim of a targeted attack on its cinema vouchers platform Sodexo Filmology. Sodexo food services and facilities management company notified a number of customers that it was the victim of a targeted attack on its cinema vouchers platform, Filmology […]