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Russian born founder of Kaspersky Labs, Eugene Kaspersky

US blocks agencies from buying Kaspersky Labs software

Technology / 12 Jul

The cyber attack disrupted data-reliant processes such as creating arrival notices and obtaining customs clearance

Maersk says too early to predict impact of cyber attack

Business / 07 Jul

About 90% of world trade is transported by sea, with ships and ports acting as the arteries of the global economy

Global shipping feels fallout from Maersk cyber attack

Business / 30 Jun

The latest virus comes just weeks after ransomware downed systems across the globe

Ransomware cyber attack spreads across the world

Business Technology / 28 Jun

Hackers have shown they are capable of shutting down critical infrastructure

Massive cyber attack spreading globally

Hackers probed MPs email accounts to see if any used weak passwords and if the accounts could be accessed

Cyber attack on UK MPs email accounts 'contained'

The cyber attack has infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries

HSE servers back online after anti-virus reboot

cyber attack / 16 May

IT expert says attack may have been testing the waters for future attack

IT expert: Cyber attack may be reconnaissance mission

cyber attack / 15 May

The extent of the damage from Friday's attack is still unclear

Europol: Global reach of cyber attack is unprecedented

More than 126,000 computer systems in nearly 100 countries have been infected with the so-called WannaCry ransomware

GPs warned to check PC security systems before use

Ireland / 14 May

The anonymous IT expert became an international sensation after he prevented hundreds of thousands of computers from being infected by the ransomware that wreaked havoc across the UK's NHS

British IT expert praised for halting cyber attacks

One security software maker said they had observed 57,000 infections in 99 countries

Europol says cyber attack is of 'unprecedented level'

Science and Technology / 13 May

Ransomware - Questions and answers

technology / 15 May

Trinity College says that any shortfall will be made up from the university's future commercial revenues

Trinity hit with suspected cyber fraud

Ireland / 27 Apr

£2.5m was stolen from Tesco Bank in the UK's biggest financial cyber heist November

Lack of detail on Tesco Bank hack 'frustrating'

Business / 08 Feb

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named in the declassified intelligence report

Report: Putin behind cyber campaign to help Trump

Three said it was investigating how many customers were affected and would be contacting them as soon as possible

Three affected by cyber attack in UK

Business / 18 Nov 16

Tesco Bank manages 136,000 current accounts in the UK

Attack sees money taken out of Tesco Bank accounts

Business / 07 Nov 16

It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the outages that occurred in Europe and the United States

Cyber attacks disrupt websites across US, Europe

News / 21 Oct 16

Other affected sites, which serve millions of customers, reportedly included the crafts marketplace Etsy and the software developer site Github, according to the website Hacker News

Twitter and Spotify affected by cyber attack

Business / 21 Oct 16

A US government source has said there was no hard evidence yet on whether the Yahoo hack was state-sponsored

Cyber firm challenges Yahoo hack claim

Business / 29 Sep 16

Just over half of consumers actively control their privacy settings online

Online buyers wary of firms whose data was stolen

Business / 24 Mar 16

101,000 customers left Talk Talk - less than 3% of its subscriber base - after the cyber attack

TalkTalk lost over 100,000 customers after attack

Business / 02 Feb 16

Wetherspoon said the hacked information had been obtained from its old website

JD Wetherspoon investigating website hack

Business / 04 Dec 15

Despite cyber attack, Talk Talk sticks to its guidance for this financial year

TalkTalk says cyber attack will cost it £30-35m

Business / 11 Nov 15

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