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Cyber Attack on NHS Lanarkshire Scotland!
A malware attack has targeted NHS Lanarkshire in Scotland disrupting its work operations from 11 am yesterday. Initially, the officials of the NHS Lanarkshire thought to be a technical glitch. But later they confirmed that it was a cyber attack launched by some hackers or mischief creators. Calum Campbell, the Chief Executive of NHS Lanarkshire […]
Privacy Alert- NHS Trust shares data of 1.6 million patients with Google
British Data Protection watchdog is planning to sue Royal Free Trust belonging to NHS for sharing the data of more than 1.6 million patients with Google. Since the NHS trust did not comply with the data protection laws while passing on the personal information, The British Information Commissioner Office (ICO) plans to slap a fine […]
WannaCry ransomware attack makes Bitcoins rate surge to $2500
Hackers who launched Wanna cry Ransomware attack might not be pleased with whatever they earned on a financial note. But do you know who actually benefited from the cyber attack related activity? It was those individuals who were active on bitcoins trading exchanges and was interested in selling off their crypto. Thus, all this activity […]
A synopsis of this week’s Cyber Attack news!
Last Friday, the entire world was left astonished when all news headlines stated that a global cyber attack was launched by a group of hackers from North Korea affecting over 200,000 computers in over 150 nations. The ransomware attack targeted computers and digital networks operating in Russia, China, Japan, UK, France, US and Asia and […]
Hackers launch Ransomware attack on more than 100 countries
A major cyber attack crippling thousands of computers and networks was launched by a group of hackers from North Korea. It is said to be a coordinated cyber attack and has so far hit companies operating in more than 100 countries. The attack was a ‘Wannacry’ ransomware attack which tricked victims into opening malicious malware […]
Cyber Attack on Britain’s National Health Service
A massive cyber attack was launched on Britain’s National Health Services blocking doctors from gaining access to patient files and causing panic among patients hailing from 16 healthcare institutions. As per our sources, a similar attack was also launched on Spanish and Portuguese companies like Telefonica which happens to be Spain’s largest Telecom operator. Some […]
England’s NHS Trust turns vigilant after 5 unsuccessful Cyber Attacks
Britain’s National Health Service Trust(NHS) has turned extremely vigilant these days after it learned from a security firm’s report that one of the Trust hospitals was cyber attacked 5 times in 2016 with ransomware. As the hackers failed to get into the database of the NHS Trust no money was exchanged between the cyber criminals […]
Cyber attack on Wonga Database affects 250,000 customer bank details
British Payday loan offering company Wonga has made it official that a data breach occurred on its database leaking critical info of more than 250,000 of its customers. The UK-based payday loan lender added that the stolen details could include addresses, names, bank account numbers, and sort codes. Officials from Wonga said that around 245,000 […]
Cyber Attack concern makes Google block NHS Employees
National Health Service of England, shortly known as NHS, has asked its staff to switch to Yahoo Search Engine or Bing after the thousands of employees from its organization were barred by Google due to Cyber Attack fears. From last weekend, Google activated a shield for NHS staff that is actually designed to stop cyber […]
