Posts Tagged ‘hack’
44 million Britons’ personal details feared stolen from Equifax
The Telegraph is reporting that personal data of up to 44 million British consumers was feared stolen in a massive cyber attack. …Equifax admitted hackers had exposed the personal data of 143 million customers in the US, which was stolen between mid-May and July this year… However the hack was not made public until now.…
Read MoreBrute force attack on the Scottish Parliament
The BBC is reporting that the Scottish Parliament was targeted in a ‘brute force’ cyber attack The Scottish Parliament Chief executive Sir Paul Grice said the attack from “external sources”, was similar to that which affected Westminster in June. He confirmed the attack in a message to MSPs and staff with parliamentary email addresses, urging…
Read MoreAmazon Echo device Alexa used to ‘eavesdrop’
The Telegraph is reporting that eavesdroppers are able to listen to entire conversations happening around the device even if the owner hasn’t said “Alexa”. Pentesting UK originally posted about the threat to our homes from such devices in early June 17 ‘electronic assistants pose security risk‘. Now one of the greatest fears about the Amazon…
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