British Finance Minister George Osborne says Islamic State militants trying to plot potentially deadly cyber attacks.
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Cybersecurity survey shows corporate defences still far behind data threats
A cybersecurity survey shows 88 percent of global organisations don’t believe their information defences fully meet their needs, although many still aren’t willing to spend the money needed to improve them.
U.S. and UK to test financial cyber-security later this month
The United States and Britain will test later this month how its regulators would respond if their financial sectors suffered a major cyber-attack or broader IT problems.
Vodafone says hackers broke into nearly 2,000 customer accounts this week
Vodafone says that hackers broke into nearly 2,000 customer accounts, in the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month.
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TalkTalk hires BAE Systems to investigate cyber attack
Shares in the British broadband provider TalkTalk slide 9 percent as it grapples with the effects of a cyber attack on the company, hiring BAE Systems to investigate.
Talk Talk CEO responds to cyber attack
TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding is interviewed after her mobile phone and Internet company revealed it was breached by Internet hackers. A TalkTalk customer, Rachel Acton, of Boston, England, says she is worried that her identity may have been stolen.