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Earliest post: 2025-04-22

Latest post: 2026-05-27

Timely cybersecurity news, data breach coverage, privacy issues, policy developments, and digital risk reporting from The Guardian’s technology desk.

01/01/2020
06/04/2026
Title Date Published Describes IncidentAuthorVisible
Report ‘phone hack’ to police or I will do it for you, Labour chair tells Farage2026-05-27TruePeter Walker Senior political correspondentTrue
Nigel Farage’s Russian hack claim ‘without any merit’, former NCSC chief says2026-05-25TrueDaniel Boffey Chief reporterTrue
Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?2026-05-16TrueJosh Taylor Technology reporterTrue
How a simple consumer data breach spiralled into a national security crisis in US-South Korea relations2026-04-24TrueRaphael Rashid in SeoulTrue
Private health records of half a million Britons offered for sale on Chinese website2026-04-23TrueHannah Devlin Science correspondentTrue
Booking.com warns customers of hack that exposed their data2026-04-13TrueLauren AlmeidaTrue
Almost half a million Lloyds customers had personal data exposed in IT glitch2026-03-27TrueKalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondentTrue
‘Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software2026-03-12TrueRobert Booth UK technology editorTrue
A Victorian school teacher was applying for ‘heaps of rentals’ online – then someone accessed his bank account2026-02-06TrueJosh Taylor Technology reporterTrue
Why should renters like me have to trade away our privacy just to get a roof over our heads? | Samantha Floreani2026-02-02TrueSamantha FloreaniTrue
Real estate agents in Australia using apps that leave millions of lease documents at risk, digital researcher says2026-02-01TrueJosh Taylor Technology reporterTrue
‘All brakes are off’: Russia’s attempt to rein in illicit market for leaked data backfires2025-12-26TruePjotr SauerTrue
‘Mortified’ OBR chair hopes inquiry into budget leak will report next week2025-11-27TrueHeather Stewart Economics editorTrue
London councils enact emergency plans after three hit by cyber-attack2025-11-26TrueRobert Booth UK technology editorTrue
Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online2025-11-14TrueRobert Booth UK technology editorTrue
Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas — but consumers are getting screwed2025-11-01TrueJosh Taylor Technology reporterTrue
Capita fined £14m for data protection failings in 2023 cyber-attack2025-10-15TrueRobert Booth UK technology editorTrue
Six out of 10 UK secondary schools hit by cyber-attack or breach in past year2025-10-05TrueDan Milmo and Richard AdamsTrue
Hackers reportedly steal pictures of 8,000 children from Kido nursery chain2025-09-25TrueNadeem BadshahTrue
Legal aid cyber-attack has pushed sector towards collapse, say lawyers2025-08-03TrueJessica Murray Social affairs correspondentTrue
Louis Vuitton says UK customer data stolen in cyber-attack2025-07-11TrueMark SweneyTrue
European journalists targeted with Paragon Solutions spyware, say researchers2025-06-12TrueStephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Angela Giuffrida in RomeTrue
ANU investigates possible hack after vice-chancellor’s account liked ‘highly offensive’ LinkedIn posts2025-06-05TrueCaitlin Cassidy Education reporterTrue
Russian-led cybercrime network dismantled in global operation2025-05-23TrueLisa O'Carroll and Kate Connolly in BerlinTrue

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