Geoff White
Cyber attack: did a panda maul the US government?
The hacking of the details of 4 million US government employees suggests cyber criminals are hell-bent on hovering up as much information about Americans as they can.
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US government cyber attack: the key questions
US officials point the finger of blame at China after hackers break into US government computers, compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees.
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Geoff White
Five ways to protect your computer from cyber attack
If you saw the story earlier this week about the foiling of some of the world’s biggest cyber criminals, you might be on the hunt for tips to protect yourself online. Here are mine.
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Russian cyber attacks on Ukraine: the Georgia template
Cyber attacks against Ukraine carry worrying echoes of Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia. Is this the new way to wage war?
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Ukraine suspects Russia as source of cyber attack on MPs
A cyber attack on Ukraine from inside the Russian-controlled Crimea region has hit the mobile phones of its members of parliament, the head of the country’s security service says.
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Is Britain vulnerable to cyber attack?
As MIT warns the United States may need a cyber shield to protect its power grid, Channel 4 News Technology Producer Geoff White looks at how serious the cyber threat facing Britain is.
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‘Disturbing’ rise in cyber attacks on UK government
A British intelligence agency warns cyber attacks on the UK government are on the rise, ahead of a major summit on cyber-warfare. But an expert tells Channel 4 News the summit will be “superficial”.
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Japan demands probe into Mitsubishi Heavy cyber attack
Japan tells its biggest weapons maker, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to investigate a cyber attack on the company’s computer network, warning it may have breached its contracts with the military.
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Massive cyber attack ‘hit 72 organisations’
IT security company McAfee says it has uncovered one of the largest series of cyber attacks, targeting 72 different organisations over five years.
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‘Tens of thousands’ of cyber attacks every day
An adviser to the United States Department of Defense tells Channel 4 News there are “tens of thousands” of cyber attacks happening all the time – and they are getting more powerful.
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IMF falls victim to cyber attack
The International Monetary Fund was targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack earlier this year which infiltrated the intergovernmental group which overseas the global financial system.
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Were WikiLeaks-linked cyber attacks over hyped?
Uncovering the true scale of the WikiLeaks-inspired Anonymous cyber attacks, they were not as bad as we were led to believe, writes Technology Correspondent Benjamin Cohen.
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WikiLeaks ‘under cyber attack’ ahead of US files release
Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has said it is under attack from hackers, just hours before it is set to release the latest batch of classified US documents.
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Cyber attack knocks human rights site offline
A human rights group claims cyber attack knocked it offline following the release of an alleged torture video. An international security expert tells Channel 4 News this attack lacks “sophistication”.
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Cyberattack leaves London NHS hospitals in need of O-type blood donors
The NHS has appealed for O-type blood donors to come forward as soon as possible – amid the fallout from the cyber attack which hit major London hospitals.
