Cyber-terrorism

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.

IT security company McAfee says it has uncovered one of the largest series of cyber attacks, targeting 72 different organisations over five years.

Members of the digital collective Anonymous are collecting donations for the legal fees of Jake Davis, the 18-year-old who has appeared in court facing five charges related to hacking.

A teenager alleged to be a key member of the LulzSec hacker group has appeared in court, charged with launching cyber attacks on websites including the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

As police question a teenager arrested in Shetland over alleged computer “hacktivism”, Channel 4 News learns there are new “leaders” emerging in the chatrooms used by the LulzSec hacking group.

The LulzSec computer hacking group, which claimed to have breached the websites of Sony, the CIA and a British police unit, has announced it is disbanding.

A 19-year-old charged with carrying out a cyber attack on the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency is said to be “keen” to help with the police investigation. Ryan Cleary has appeared in court.

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.

A self-proclaimed former computer hacker talks to Channel 4 News about cyber crime in 2011, the role social media is playing and why he thinks hackers could become “more dangerous than al-Qaeda”.

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”.

Channel 4 News learns an international computer hacking group may have targeted the 2011 UK census, as a 19-year-old is arrested in Essex on suspicion of masterminding activity by LulzSec.

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.

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.

A security firm offers to replace up to 40m electronic keys after its system is compromised. Amid fears of state-sponsored hacker teams, a UK expert tells Channel 4 News “one person could do it”.

The Chinese Government rejects accusations it is behind a wave of hacking attacks. But a former spy tells Channel 4 News that some cyber espionage is “unquestionably” state-sponsored.