Tech trade union confirms cyberattack behind IT, email outage

The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has confirmed a cyberattack that disrupted email and parts of its IT systems; external cybersecurity specialists are performing digital forensic analysis, the ICO has been informed, and members have been advised to be vigilant for phishing. The full scope and whether personal member data was breached remain unknown, though the union says there is no evidence that backups were corrupted.