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IT security has seen a huge overhaul in recent years. Where strategies had previously been focused on creating a secure perimeter to keep threats out...
UKRI suspends services after ransomware attack UK Research and Innovation was hit by an undisclosed strain of ransomware at the end of January Share this item with your network: By Published: 01 Feb 2021 11:52 A small number of services at UK government body UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are offline and unavailable as it investigates a ransomware attack on its systems that took place on 28 January 2021. The non-departmental, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy-backed organisation – which bears responsibility for supporting research and knowledge-sharing at highe...
Sepa data leaks as agency resists ransom demands The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is resisting extortion demands from a ransomware gang, but has suffered a data leak in retaliation Share this item with your network: By Published: 22 Jan 2021 12:01 The Conti ransomware gang has published a number of files stolen from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) in an attack on Christmas Eve, as the agency continues to resist its demands to pay. The attack saw the theft of 1.2GB of data contained in about 4,000 files. The material in question includes business information in...