Interpol plays cyber crooks at their own game
In the fight against cyber crime, no matter how smart the technology gets, it’s often human relationships that dictate success.
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As Donald Trump told the world on Thursday that he had pulled back from launching air strikes on Iran, he did, it seems, still authorise retaliation for the shooting down of a US drone.
The young British computer expert who helped to stop the global cyber-attack on the NHS earlier this year could face up to 40 years in an American jail – after he was arrested for allegedly creating his own malicious software. 23-year-old Marcus Hutchins was detained by the FBI accused of six hacking related crimes.
NHS trusts, carmaker Nissan and others were hit by a ransomware attack that Europol said was unprecedented in scale.
Online auction and shopping giant eBay advises customers to change their passwords after hackers got into a database holding data including names and addresses. So how worried should we be?
MPs warn the government not to underestimate the impact of e-crime and cyber attacks by hostile states. But have the risks been exaggerated?
After the New York Times took four months to repel an attack by Chinese hackers, data security experts tell Channel 4 News it marks a trend towards cyber espionage in the “third era” of cyber crime.
A security expert tells Channel 4 News cyber-attacks are hard to quantify and the Iran Stuxnet was a wake-up call, as the National Security Strategy names cyber-warfare a major UK security threat.
Terrorism and cyber-attacks are top of the list of national security threats in what ministers are calling “an age of uncertainty”.
Google Communications Director Peter Barron on why the internet giant is considering ending its operations in China in the wake of a series of cyber-attacks.
King Charles has met the families of the three young girls killed in the Southport stabbing last month, holding a private audience at his London home.
Theresa May says the government has invested £2bn in a cyber-security strategy, but Jeremy Corbyn says ministers have left NHS systems vulnerable to attack.
Passwords used by Donald Trump’s incoming cyber security advisor Rudy Giuliani and 13 other top staff members have been leaked in mass hacks, a Channel 4 News investigation can reveal.
In the fight against cyber crime, no matter how smart the technology gets, it’s often human relationships that dictate success.
An urgent meeting is held with media groups after a French television network was attacked by hackers purporting to support Islamic State, as experts warn they could be planning further assaults.
Hackers aligned to Islamic State militants have hacked the Twitter and YouTube account of the US Army’s Central Command and posted what it claims are the home addresses of US generals and army chiefs.