‘Cyber-shame’ means never having to say you were hacked
Companies are deeply reluctant to admit when they’ve been hacked. But new European rules will force firms to come clean to customers about data breaches.
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North Korea threatens the United States, calling it a “cesspool of terrorism” and accusing the Obama administration of being behind the satirical film The Interview.
Exclusive: behind the scenes as police across the world hit a notorious group of cyber criminals responsible for hacking into computers, stealing up to half a billion pounds and blackmailing victims.
Companies are deeply reluctant to admit when they’ve been hacked. But new European rules will force firms to come clean to customers about data breaches.
You would be surprised at the ingenuity of criminal hackers as they strive to turn their skills into cash.
The UK is losing its fight against e-crime and is becoming “complacent” towards the problem as victims are “hidden in cyberspace”, according to an influential group of MPs.
A spam-fighting network and an online hosting company are locked in an online battle which they say is slowing down the internet globally in one of the biggest ever attacks – but is it?
MI5 analysts are to work alongside industry experts in a bid to co-ordinate attempts to combat online criminality. But will this so-called fusion cell work, asks Geoff White?
The Serious Organised Crime Agency website has temporarily been taken offline after a cyber attack by hackers.
Support for “hacktivist” group Anonymous is at an all-time high. But as Katie Razzall asks, is the group acting out of an anti-authority ethic or simply hacking for its own sake?
Channel 4 News has been granted unprecedented access to the cyber security firm Qinetiq and spoken to the teenagers who are helping protect the UK Government from cyber attacks.
A teenage boy from Britain is one of 15 people arrested on suspicion of being connected to hacking group Anonymous, which targeted PayPal’s website in retaliation for suspending WikiLeaks’ accounts.
A 19-year-old from Essex has been charged with carrying out a cyber attack on the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency and other websites. The LulzSec hacker group denies he is one of their members.
Hackers at LulzSec deny targeting the UK census as a suspected member of the group is questioned by police. But a security expert tells Channel 4 News they may be inciting “cyber riot”.
Google says US officials, military personnel and journalists have had their email accounts compromised by Chinese hackers, as major US defence contractors also admit further security breaches.
China admits for the first time that it has an elite unit of cyber warriors in its army, as an intelligence source tells Channel 4 News the threat is real, potent, and will be utilised in warfare.