58 m. ago Capita fined after millions of people’s personal data stolen in cyber attack

Capita fined £14m after data watchdog confirms a wide array of personal information had been exposed

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4 h. ago Capita hit with £14m fine for personal data breach in 2023 cyber attack

Hackers stole personal information including pension details and staff records as well as details of customers of organisations Capita supports.

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19 h. ago Prepare to work without IT at all, warns UK cyber chief amid huge surge in hacks

‘Nationally significant’ cyber attacks have increased substantially over the last year, NCSC warns

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43 h. ago Equity threatens mass direct action over use of actors’ images in AI content

Union says growing numbers of its members have made complaints about infringements of copyright in AI materialThe performing arts union Equity has threatened mass direct action over tech and entertainment companies’ use of its members’ likenesses, images and voices in AI content without permission.The warning came as the union said growing numbers of its members had made complaints about infringements of their copyright and misuse of their personal data in AI material. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago The heavy infantry: One in four troops is too fat to fight... and 11 have had weight loss surgery

Data shows 40,064 out of 147,300 military personnel are at 'increased, high or very high risk' of ill health owing to weight.

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2 d. ago Hackers targeted JLR months before cyber attack that halted production

Investigators consider whether state-backed actor or organised crime group was involved

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5 d. ago Around 70,000 users’ personal data at risk after hackers target popular messaging platform for gamers

Hackers targeted a third-party company that works with the popular messaging app in an effort to extort a ‘ransom,’ Discord said

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5 d. ago JLR vehicle production restarts in Solihull after cyber attack

Remaining factories in Solihull and Halewood will come back on stream next Monday, followed by the last overseas sites later next week.

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6 d. ago Jaguar Land Rover ‘back to doing what we do best’ after major cyber attack

The British car maker welcomed back 1,000 employees to its engine plant in Wolverhampton on Wednesday.

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7 d. ago Two arrested over cyber attack which stole thousands of nursery children’s data

Hackers were said to be using pictures and the names of about 8,000 children from the Kido nursery chain, to demand ransom money.

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7 d. ago Qantas among nearly 40 companies facing ransom demand from hacker group

Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters reportedly threatening to leak stolen personal data from dozens of firms in major extortion attemptFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas is one of almost 40 global companies that have until Friday to begin ransom negotiations with hackers who are threatening to leak up to 1bn personal data records.The hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters reportedly released the extortion note on a data leaks site on the dark web over the weekend, demanding payment in return for preventing the stolen data from being shared. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Two men arrested over nursery cyber attack which stole London children's details

The men, aged 17 and 22, were arrested in Bishop’s Stortford and remain in custody for questioning

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8 d. ago Jaguar Land Rover to restart car assembly lines in days following five

Key areas of the Solihull production plant - such as its body shop, paint shop and its logistics operations centre - will restart Wednesday. Car outputs will commence shortly after.

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8 d. ago Jaguar Land Rover to restart UK production after devastating cyber attack

Tata-owned carmaker agrees new financing scheme to ease cash crunch for suppliers hit by shutdown

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8 d. ago JLR to resume production from Wednesday following cyber attack

The car maker was forced to pause production from the start of September due to a damaging hack.

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8 d. ago Jaguar Land Rover set to restart production five weeks on from crippling cyber attack

Manufacturing processes will resume today at JLR's engine factory in Wolverhampton, it has been reported. It comes more than a month after staff were forced to down tools.

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8 d. ago Jaguar Land Rover set to restart production five week on from crippling cyber attack

Manufacturing processes will resume today at JLR's engine factory in Wolverhampton, it has been reported. It comes more than a month after staff were forced to down tools.

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8 d. ago JLR testing at factories ahead of production restart after cyber attack

The British car maker has said some sections of its manufacturing will ‘resume in the coming days’.

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9 d. ago Renault says UK customers' personal data HAS been stolen in the latest cyber attack to affect a car giant

Renault Group UK has emailed drivers to confirm that a third-party data processing business used by the car firm was targeted by hackers.

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9 d. ago Aston Martin warns on profits amid US tariffs and seeks ‘proactive support’

Carmaker blames weaker demand on Trump policies amid supply chain pressures after Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attackBusiness live – latest updatesAston Martin has blamed Donald Trump’s tariffs for a profit warning, as the carmaker urged the UK government to offer more “proactive support”.The company, which manufactures its cars in factories in Warwickshire and south Wales, downgraded its profit outlook on Monday for the second time this year. It said that it now expects to make a larger loss than the £110m loss that was the lower end of its profit forecasts. Continue reading...

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