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Cyber-attack on UK’s Defence Academy caused ‘significant’ damage

Former senior officer says unsolved hack of MoD training school systems did not succeed but still had costsA cyber-attack on the UK’s Defence Academy caused “significant” damage, a retired high-ranking officer has revealed.Air Marshal Edward Stringer, who left the armed forces in August, told Sky News the attack, which was discovered in March 2021, meant the Defence Academy was forced to rebuild its network. Continue reading...

Cyber-attack on UK’s Defence Academy caused ‘significant’ damage Former senior officer says unsolved hack of MoD training school systems did not succeed but still had costs

Polish opposition says government use of spyware is ‘crisis for democracy’

Opposition leader Donald Tusk calls for inquiry after watchdog says rivals were targeted by Pegasus spywarePolish opposition leader Donald Tusk said on Tuesday reports that the government spied on its opponents represented the country’s biggest “crisis for democracy” since the end of communism.A cybersecurity watchdog last week said the Pegasus spyware had been used to target prominent opposition figures, with Polish media dubbing the scandal a “Polish Watergate”. Continue reading...

Claims Polish government used spyware is ‘crisis for democracy’, says opposition Opposition leader Donald Tusk calls for inquiry after watchdog says government’s rivals were targeted by Pegasus spyware

UN-backed investigator into possible Yemen war crimes targeted by spyware

Analysis of Kamel Jendoubi’s mobile phone reveals he was targeted in August 2019The mobile phone of a UN-backed investigator who was examining possible war crimes in Yemen was targeted with spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, a new forensic analysis of the device has revealed.Kamel Jendoubi, a Tunisian who served as the chairman of the now defunct Group of Eminent Experts in Yemen (GEE)– a panel mandated by the UN to investigate possible war crimes – was targeted in August 2019, according to an analysis of his mobile phone by experts at Amnesty International and the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto. Continue reading...

UN-backed investigator into possible Yemen war crimes targeted by spyware Exclusive: Analysis of Kamel Jendoubi’s mobile phone reveals he was targeted in August 2019