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Hospitals, banks, media, airlines hit by major IT outage

Cyber-security firm Crowdstrike said its update had caused the problem on computers running Windows.

FBI says Chinese state hacker group targeted US infrastructure

China is targeting US infrastructure and laying the groundwork to wreak chaos, the FBI director warns.

ChatGPT tool could be abused by scammers and hackers

A cutting-edge tool from Open AI appears to be poorly moderated, allowing it to be abused by cyber-criminals.

Booking.com hackers increase attacks on customers

Researchers say cyber-criminals are offering big sums for hotels' log-in details to target holidaymakers.

Twitter glitch allows CIA informant channel to be hijacked

US spies and informants could have been directed to hostile nations through a CIA mistake made on X.

Australia to remove Chinese surveillance cameras amid security fears

It follows moves by the UK and US last year citing concerns that China could access the devices.

Royal Mail hit by Russia-linked ransomware attack

The group is working "around the clock" to resolve severe disruption to overseas deliveries.

Twitter in data-protection probe after '400 million' user details up for sale

Politicians and celebrities are said to be affected but the scale of the data breach is unverified.

Medibank: Hackers release abortion data after stealing Australian medical records

People affected by the breach say they have already been targeted by scammers and malware attacks.

Twitter misleading the public, whistleblower says

Twitter's former head of security Peiter Zatko has been giving evidence to US lawmakers.

Hackers target politicians with fake news website

The Australian government is among those targeted by the hackers, according to Proofpoint.

Hackers may have exploited security flaws - Apple

Users of some models of iPhone, iPad and Mac are being urged to run "important" security update.

Security warning after sale of stolen Chinese data

Public bodies are told to be on guard after hacker tries to sell data of one billion Chinese citizens.

Did hackers start this steel factory fire in Iran?

Experts are asking who is behind hacking group Predatory Sparrow, which says it started a fire in an Iranian steel factory.

Army's YouTube and Twitter accounts hacked

The British Army says it is investigating after videos and posts for cryptocurrency appeared on its accounts.

Ukraine war: Don’t underestimate Russia cyber-threat, warns US

A senior intelligence official says a cyber-war raging over Ukraine could escalate further.

Screen-sharing scams on the rise, watchdog warns

New report claims fraudsters are using screen-sharing tools to gain victims' trust and then steal money.

No 10 network targeted with spyware, says group

Researchers say they warned UK officials about being targeted, but the software's makers deny the claims.

Ukrainian power grid 'lucky' to withstand Russian cyber-attack

Cyber experts say the malicious software used points to notorious military attackers.

Hydra: How German police dismantled Russian darknet site

German police say illegal sales on the site amounted to at least £1bn a year

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