Russian Hackers Breach UK Government Email Accounts in Major Cyber Attack

A major cyber attack dubbed 'FortiBleed', attributed to Russian hackers, reportedly compromised over 80,000 Fortinet firewalls and exposed email addresses and passwords of UK government staff and local officials; stolen credentials are being sold on dark web forums, and the UK National Cyber Security Centre has issued urgent alerts warning of potential catastrophic follow-on attacks (including ransomware) against critical services.