5 h. ago Teenagers appear in court over Transport for London cyber attack

Teenagers appear in court over Transport for London cyber attack  BBC

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6 h. ago Wall Street hits record highs after US inflation report fuels interest rate cut hopes – business live

US consumer prices rose by less than expected last month, as markets digest breakdown of trade talks with CanadaUS prices rose at a 3% annual rate in September, slightly beating forecastsNewsflash: Conditions appear to be improving in the UK economy this month.The latest poll of purchasing managers at British firms has found that growth is picking up after the lull in September, partly helped by the resumption of manufacturing at Jaguar Land Rover after its recent cyber attack.“October’s flash UK PMI survey brings hope that September was a low point for the economy from which business conditions are starting to improve.Output has picked up, with a particularly welcome return to growth for manufacturing for the first time in over a year accompanied by an upturn in demand for services, notably among consumers. Business confidence has also brightened slightly, job losses have moderated, and inflationary pressures are coming back to levels consistent with the Bank of England’s 2% target...

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10 h. ago Business conditions ‘starting to improve’ in UK economy as activity picks up – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNewsflash: Conditions appear to be improving in the UK economy this month.The latest poll of purchasing managers at British firms has found that growth is picking up after the lull in September, partly helped by the resumption of manufacturing at Jaguar Land Rover after its recent cyber attack.“October’s flash UK PMI survey brings hope that September was a low point for the economy from which business conditions are starting to improve.Output has picked up, with a particularly welcome return to growth for manufacturing for the first time in over a year accompanied by an upturn in demand for services, notably among consumers. Business confidence has also brightened slightly, job losses have moderated, and inflationary pressures are coming back to levels consistent with the Bank of England’s 2% target. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Business condition ‘starting to improve’ in UK economy as activity picks up – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNewsflash: Conditions appear to be improving in the UK economy this month.The latest poll of purchasing managers at British firms has found that growth is picking up after the lull in September, partly helped by the resumption of manufacturing at Jaguar Land Rover after its recent cyber attack.“October’s flash UK PMI survey brings hope that September was a low point for the economy from which business conditions are starting to improve.Output has picked up, with a particularly welcome return to growth for manufacturing for the first time in over a year accompanied by an upturn in demand for services, notably among consumers. Business confidence has also brightened slightly, job losses have moderated, and inflationary pressures are coming back to levels consistent with the Bank of England’s 2% target. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Car production plunged in September as the UK's motor manufacturing sector reeled from Jaguar Land Rover's cyber attack shutdown

The motor manufacturing trade body said on Friday that JLR's unscheduled production stoppage linked to the cyber breach has put the sector under 'immense pressure'.

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57 h. ago JLR cyber attack 'most financially damaging ever to hit the UK'

The car manufacturing giant was forced to stop production for five weeks

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5 d. ago MingYang: Government ministers warned against 'handing over' energy grid to Chinese Communist Party

It comes after GCHQ warned that China has the potential to shut down the national grid in a cyber security attack

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6 d. ago ‘I lost 25 pounds in 20 days’: what it’s like to be on the frontline of a global cyber

The security chief of SolarWinds reflects on the Russian hack that exposed US government agencies – and the heart attack he suffered in the aftermathTim Brown will remember 12 December 2020 for ever.It was the day the software company SolarWinds was notified it had been hacked by Russia. Continue reading...

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9 d. 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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9 d. 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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