#UK
All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #UK, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.
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Hackers Repeatedly Breached Suppliers Holding UK Police Data, Watchdog Finds
HMICFRS reports UK police data has been exposed several times since 2021 via third-party IT suppliers, with weak contract assurance and little log visibility.
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UK Legal Aid Agency: Hackers Stole Records Dating Back to 1978
The UK's Legal Aid Agency says records stolen in an April 2025 breach span back to 1978, with roughly 250,000 pre-2007 records confirmed by investigators.
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Two Scattered Spider Hackers Get 5.5 Years Each for £29 Million TfL Hack
Owen Flowers, 18, and Thalha Jubair, 20, were each sentenced to five and a half years at Woolwich Crown Court for their roles in the 2024 cyberattack on...
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UK Charges Five Suspects Linked to Russian Coms Call Spoofing Platform
The UK National Crime Agency has charged five suspects following an investigation into Russian Coms, a major criminal caller ID spoofing platform...
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UK Cyber Pledge Draws Only a Handful of Top Firms Despite Ministerial Appeal
The UK government's voluntary Cyber Resilience Pledge attracted fewer than 15 of Britain's 350 largest listed companies despite eight months of direct...
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Launch of UK's National Cyber Action Plan Delayed Amid Labour Leadership Crisis
The UK government has postponed the launch of its National Cyber Action Plan, originally scheduled for Monday, as political uncertainty surrounding the...
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Hostile States Behind Three-Quarters of Attacks on Britain's Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Chief Warns
UK NCSC CEO Richard Horne delivered a stark warning at the RUSI Annual Security Lecture: nation-state adversaries are pre-positioning inside British...
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UK to Require Government ID or Face Scan Before Creating Social Media Accounts
Opening a new social media account in the UK will soon require proving you are over 16 with a government ID upload or facial age scan, under a ban on...
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Nottingham University Data Breach Affects Over 450,000 Students
The University of Nottingham has confirmed a data breach impacting over 450,000 current and former students after a hacking group gained unauthorized...
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GCHQ Chief: AI Is an 'Unstoppable Force' with Offensive and Defensive Cyber Ramifications
Anne Keast-Butler, head of the UK's GCHQ signals intelligence agency, has warned that artificial intelligence represents an unstoppable force in cyberspace…
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UK Fines Water Supplier $1.3M for Exposing Data of 664K
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has fined South Staffordshire Water Plc and its parent company £963,900 ($1.3 million) after a cyberattack...
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UK Water Utility Fined £963,900 After Cl0p Lurked
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office fined South Staffordshire Water nearly £1 million after the Cl0p ransomware group maintained undetected access...
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UK Brings AI Chatbots Under the Online Safety Act
UK PM Keir Starmer announces ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and other AI chatbots will fall under the Online Safety Act, closing a legal loophole....