Two years on from a devastating ransomware attack, UK postal service Royal Mail is facing the potential exposure of several gigabytes of sensitive user data, which has allegedly been leaked on the dark web for anyone to access for free. On March 31, a user of the dark web forum …
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Royal Mail Group, the UK’s centuries-old postal institution, has allegedly suffered a massive data breach resulting in the leak of 144GB of internal files, customer information, and marketing data. The breach was first made public on the cybercrime forum Breach Forum by a user known as GHNA. 144GB of Leaked …
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By Alex Baldwin ( April 2, 2025, 7:58 PM BST) — Royal Mail Group and the operator of an address search website argued Wednesday that software firm Codeberry Ltd. copied millions of addresses from the courier’s postcode data without permission, as the High Court case opened without counsel for defendants…. …
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The devastating might of one of Royal Navy’s most fearsome warships has been unleashed in a rare display of military power. HMS Dauntless let loose with almost with every weapon system at the ship’s disposal to destroy swarms of drones during a high-octane live-fire drill off the Welsh coast. The …
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The cyber-attack was on the German data collection and analysis firm Spectos. A cyber-attack on the German data collection and analysis firm Spectos may result in a supply chain impact on the Royal Mail Group. According to media reports, the Royal Mail Group has confirmed that it has been affected …
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By GEORGE ODLING CRIME CORRESPONDENT Published: 08:20 EDT, 2 April 2025 | Updated: 11:55 EDT, 2 April 2025 The Royal Family has been targeted by 35 deranged stalkers assessed as likely to do ‘serious harm’ in the last three years. Protection officers have identified almost 500 potential stalkers during this …
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Delaware, USA, April 2nd, 2025, CyberNewsWire Brinker, an innovative narrative intelligence platform dedicated to combating disinformation and influence campaigns, has been recognized as one of the “10 Most Promising Defense Tech Startups of 2025” by Défense Israel and Robel Innovations. This distinction underscores Brinker’s groundbreaking approach to safeguarding governments, enterprises, …
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A Chipping Norton cancer survivor has teamed up with celebrities including the winner of the BBC show The Traitors to feature in a special video sharing songs that helped them face the disease. When mum-of-one, Sophie Oates discovered a lump in her breast, she found herself hearing the words, ‘it’s …
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GitHub announced updates to its Advanced Security platform after it detected over 39 million leaked secrets in repositories during 2024, including API keys and credentials, exposing users and organizations to serious security risks. In a new report by GitHub, the development company says the 39 million secrets were found through …
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