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Man and teenager arrested over cyber attack on children’s nurseries

October 8, 2025 World Justice News 0

A teenager and a man have been arrested in connection with reports of a cyber attack on a chain of London-based nurseries. The two males, aged 17 and 22, were taken into custody on suspicion […]

EU cyber agency says airport software held to ransom by criminals

September 22, 2025 World Justice News 0

The EU’s cyber security agency says criminals are using ransomware to cause chaos in airports around the world. Several of Europe’s busiest airports have spent the past few days trying to restore normal operations, after […]

Qantas data breach exposes up to six million customer profiles

July 2, 2025 World Justice News 0

Qantas is contacting customers after a cyber attack targeted their third-party customer service platform. On 30 June, the Australian airline detected “unusual activity” on a platform used by its contact centre to store the data […]

M&S restarts online orders after cyber attack

June 10, 2025 World Justice News 0

Marks and Spencer is beginning to take online orders again after it halted purchases through its website in April following a major cyber attack. The High Street chain said shoppers were now able to buy […]

Private data including criminal records stolen in Legal Aid hacking

May 19, 2025 World Justice News 0

A “significant amount” of private data including details of domestic abuse victims has been hacked from Legal Aid’s online system. The Ministry of Justice said the agency’s services were hacked in April and data dating […]

NHS software provider fined £3m over data breach after ransomware attack

March 27, 2025 World Justice News 0

An NHS software provider has been fined £3m by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over security failings that led to a ransomware attack on the NHS. The Advanced Computer Software Group was fined for a […]

NHS software provider faces £6m fine after hackers steal tens of thousands of medical records

August 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

A major NHS IT provider faces a penalty of just over £6m for failures which led to a cyber attack and the theft of nearly 83,000 medical records. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been […]

NHS cyber attack: Sensitive data stolen from blood test provider by criminal group ‘published online’

June 21, 2024 World Justice News 0

Sensitive data stolen from an NHS provider in a cyber attack has apparently been published online. NHS England says a criminal group claims it has released patient information hacked from Synnovis, which provides pathology services […]

‘Large volume’ of data stolen from NHS Dumfries and Galloway published on dark web

May 10, 2024 World Justice News 0

A ransomware group has carried out its threat against a Scottish health board and published a “large volume” of stolen data on the dark web. NHS Dumfries and Galloway was the subject of a cyber attack […]

BBC, BA and Boots issued with ultimatum by cyber gang Clop

June 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

A prolific cyber crime gang thought to be based in Russia has issued an ultimatum to victims of a hack that has hit organisations around the world. The Clop group posted a notice on the […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]