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17Nov/15

Britain develops cyber attack powers to take on IS

November 17, 2015SecurityCHELTENHAM, Computer security, Cyber-attack, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, David Cameron, Draft:Professor Richard Benham, e-commerce, GCHQ, George Osborne, Government, Government Communications Headquarters, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, National security, Paris, Proactive cyber defence, Security, Security engineering, TalkTalk, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

British Finance Minister George Osborne says Islamic State militants trying to plot potentially deadly cyber attacks.
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10Nov/15

Cybersecurity survey shows corporate defences still far behind data threats

November 10, 2015SecurityAshley Madison, Computer network security, Computer security, Crime, Cryptography, Cyber-attack, Cyber-security regulation, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Draft:Vehicle Cybersecurity, Ken Allan, National security, Secure communication, TalkTalk, United Kingdomsmbale

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.

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07Nov/15

U.S. and UK to test financial cyber-security later this month

November 7, 2015SecurityAndrew Barstow, Attack, Barack Obama, Business/Finance, Computer security, Crime, Crimes, Cyber-attack, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, David Cameron, e-commerce, London, National security, New York, T-Mobile US Inc., TalkTalk, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, U.S. Treasury, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

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.

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31Oct/15

Vodafone says hackers broke into nearly 2,000 customer accounts this week

October 31, 2015Security3, CK Hutchison Holdings, Companies, London, Phishing, Social engineering, TalkTalk, TalkTalk Group, Telecommunications, United Kingdom, Vodafone, vodafone uksmbale

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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26Oct/15

TalkTalk hires BAE Systems to investigate cyber attack

October 26, 2015SecurityBAE Systems, BAE Systems PLC, Computer crime, Computer security, Crime, Cyber-attack, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Darren White, Data breach, Dido Harding, FTSE 100 INDEX, FTSE MID 250 INDEX, IHS Global Insight, Jan Randolph, London, Mobile virtual network operators, National security, Randolph, TalkTalk, TalkTalk Business, TalkTalk Group, Talktalk Telecom Group PLC, Telecommunications, United Kingdomsmbale

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.

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24Oct/15

Talk Talk CEO responds to cyber attack

October 24, 2015SpaceBe Un Limited, Boston, Carphone Warehouse, Companies of the United Kingdom, Computer crime, Computer security, Copenhagen, Cybercrime, Dido Harding, FireEye, FireEye Inc., Jens Monrad, London, Mobile virtual network operators, online security breaches, Rachel Acton, TalkTalk, TalkTalk Business, TalkTalk Group, Talktalk Telecom Group PLC, Telecommunications, Thomson Reuters Corp, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

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.

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