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Breaches

Cyber-attack on England's Department for Education exposes 607,000 records

Contact details for individuals and organisations were taken in a breach affecting two government education portals. No bank details were stolen, but the incident lands as UK school and college cyber-attacks hit record frequency.

3 min read
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Ransomware

How the FBI Took Down LockBit by Destroying the One Thing Criminals Can't Easily Replace: Trust

Operation Cronos didn't just seize servers. It turned LockBit's own website against its partners, shattered the group's reputation, and cut US ransom payments by 79 percent in the second half of 2024.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Five Londoners Charged Over Russian Coms, the Scam-Call Platform Behind 1.8 Million Fake Calls

The UK's National Crime Agency says the platform helped criminals impersonate banks and police, costing an estimated 170,000 victims tens of millions of pounds.

3 min read
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Policy & Regulation

Farage's £5m Crypto Gift Was Flagged to the UK's National Crime Agency Over Money-Laundering Fears

Bankers who processed the payment raised a formal suspicion report. Now the Reform UK leader faces scrutiny from two directions at once.

3 min read
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