3 d. ago Londoners beware: How to protect yourself from phone theft and having your data stolen

A phone holds so much of the average person’s life – here’s how to protect your data if it gets stolen

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3 d. ago Hackers steal the most personal information from more than a million vulnerable Brits

The Ministry of Justice conceded that a devastating cyber attack last month was far worse than initially assessed after hackers revealed they had stolen millions of pieces of information.

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4 d. ago Legal aid cyber attack: Lawyers slam government agency for 'inadequate' response to hack

The online Legal Aid Agency portal has been disabled after the cyber attack

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4 d. ago Solicitors criticise ‘antiquated’ Legal Aid Agency IT system after cyber attack

Details including criminal records, dates of birth, national insurance numbers and payment information may have been stolen in the attack.

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4 d. ago Legal Aid hack: Names, financial details and criminal histories compromised in cyberattack, Ministry of Justice says

The cyberattackers claimed 2.1m pieces of customer data had been stolen from the Legal Aid Agency

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4 d. ago Ministry of Justice cyberattack: What data was stolen and what to do next

The cyberattackers claimed 2.1m pieces of customer data were stolen from the Legal Aid Agency

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4 d. ago Legal Aid hack: Names, financial details and criminal histories compromised in cyber attack, Ministry of Justice says

The cyberattackers claimed 2.1m pieces of customer data had been stolen from the Legal Aid Agency

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4 d. ago Hackers steal 'significant amount of personal data' from Ministry of Justice in brazen cyber

The personal data of people who applied to the Legal Aid Agency since 2010, including criminal records, was accessed and downloaded in a cyber attack in April this year, the MoJ has said.

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4 d. ago The AI Con by Emily M Bender and Alex Hanna review – debunking myths of the AI revolution

Will new technology help to make the world a better place, or is AI just another tech bubble that will benefit the few?At the beginning of this year, Keir Starmer announced an “AI opportunities action plan”, which promises to mainline AI “into the veins of this enterprising nation”. The implication that AI is a class-A injectable substance, liable to render the user stupefied and addicted, was presumably unintentional. But then what on earth did they mean about AI’s potential, and did they have any good reason to believe it?Not according to the authors of this book, who are refreshingly sarcastic about what they think is just another tech bubble. What is sold to us as AI, they announce, is just “a bill of goods”: “A few major well-placed players are poised to accumulate significant wealth by extracting value from other people’s creative work, personal data, or labor, and replacing quality services with artificial facsimiles.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Huge cyber attack targets Legal Aid as names and personal details at risk

The culprits claim more than two million pieces of data were accessed

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4 d. ago Cyber attack on Legal Aid Agency exposed ‘significant amount’ of applicant data

The group that carried out the attack has claimed it accessed 2.1 million pieces of data but the Ministry of Justice has not verified that figure.

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4 d. ago Legal Aid data breach: Cyber attackers access 'significant amount' of personal data

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said a 'significant amount of personal data' had been stolen in the breach - potentially including home addresses, dates of birth and criminal records

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4 d. ago Cyber attack on Legal Aid Agency accessed ‘significant amount of personal data’

A ‘significant amount of personal data’ was accessed and downloaded in the cyber attack

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4 d. ago Legal aid cyber attack: 'Significant amount of personal data' stolen in latest major hack to hit UK

A “significant amount of personal data” of people who applied online to the Legal Aid Agency since 2010, including criminal records, was accessed and downloaded in a cyber attack in April this year, the Ministry of Justice said on Monday.

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7 d. ago Marks & Spencer to reveal how much cyber attack cost retailer

Hackers successfully accessed customer personal data during the cyber attack

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9 d. ago PC gamers urged to change Steam password following breach of 89 million users' data

Steam, the most popular marketplace for PC games, has reportedly seen a major breach via another company this week and millions of users' personal data could be at risk on the dark web

Politics

9 d. ago M&S customers warned as type of personal information stolen in cyber attack explained

M&S has been grappling with the fallout from a highly damaging cyber attack since Easter weekend and has now revealed that personal customer data had also been stolen by the hackers

Events

1 week ago Cyber experts issue urgent advice to M&S customers after data breach

The retailer confirmed some personal data had been stolen in a cyber attack on the firm

Economics

1 week ago Cyber attacks: What to do if you fear your personal information has been stolen

M&S has revealed that customer personal data has been taken by hackers

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1 week ago Marks & Spencer reveals customer data taken by hackers after cyber attack

The retail giant said the personal data accessed does not include payment or card details, or account passwords.

Economics