All cyber-attack articles

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    Navigating uncharted waters

    2018-04-17T02:01:46Z

    At 04.00 on June 26 last year, Jim Hagemann Snabe, chairman of AP Moller-Maersk, was woken by a phone call from his office. That’s when he learned that the global shipping giant had fallen victim to a cyber-attack. Over the next few hours, the true severity of the incident became ...

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    Feature

    Renault-Nissan and FedEx back to normal after cyber-attack

    2017-05-16T12:15:46Z

    Carmakers and logistics providers were amongst those hit by the cyber-attack that affected a number of global businesses, organisations and services over the weekend.The attack, which used a malicious ‘ransomware’ software product called WannaCry, hit companies and organisations in 150 countries across the globe, including Russia’s interior ministry, rail service ...