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North Korea continued nuclear and missile programmes in 2020 thanks to cyber hacking money, UN says

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North Korea continued its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes throughout 2020 in violation of international sanctions and funded them with £220m ($300m) stolen through cyber hacks, according to a confidential United Nations report.  Kim Jong-un’s regime ‘produced fissile material, maintained nuclear facilities and upgraded its ballistic missile infrastructure’ while continuing to seek material and technology … Read more

Killers face jail for hacking talented 19-year-old footballer to death

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Two killers who hacked a talented teenage footballer to death with a Samurai sword and an 18 inch knife are facing jail. Francois Kablan, 19, ran a short distance before collapsing and dying on Great Dover Street in Southwark last May 13. Mr Kablan, from Bermondsey, south London, played in the reserves for Harlow Town … Read more

Prince Harry was left feeling paranoid of friends after ‘phone hacking’, court documents reveal

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New court documents have revealed how Prince Harry was left feeling suspicious of his friends after his phone was allegedly hacked by the News of the World, according to reports.  In a recently released High Court writ, the Duke of Sussex is claiming he became ‘paranoid’ of those around him after the publication of stories … Read more

Julian Assange will learn on January 4 whether he will be sent to US to face hacking charges

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Julian Assange will learn on January 4 whether he will be sent to US to face hacking charges that could see him jailed for 175 years He faces 18 charges including conspiracy to expose military secrets   He faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted of espionage offences in the US The Wikileaks founder … Read more

British father accused of hacking Pippa Middleton jailed for five years in US for stealing data

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British father, 39, who was accused of hacking Pippa Middleton is jailed for five years in the US for helping ‘Dark Overlord’ cyber crime group steal information from American firms Nathan Francis Wyatt was arrested in 2016 after Pippa Middleton was hacked He was released without action but has now been jailed in the US … Read more

Thug, 41, admits hacking estranged wife, 31, to death with a Gurkha-style MACHETE

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Thug, 41, admits hacking estranged wife, 31, to death with a Gurkha-style MACHETE in savage attack outside her home in front of horrified neighbours Craig Woodhall, 41, plead guilty to stabbing his estranged wife Victoria last year He stabbed the 31-year-old during an attack with a machete in Barnsley  Woodhall will be sentenced at Sheffield … Read more

Thameslink worker, 29, stole £277,000 by hacking rail firm’s computer, court hears 

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Thameslink worker, 29, stole £277,000 by hacking the rail firm’s computer to ‘trick’ it into thinking it was producing tickets, court hears Mohammed Rahman, 29, worked as a ticket office clerk at Cricklewood station Court heard he used a sophisticated code that ‘tricked’ the company computer Rahman denies one count of fraud and one count … Read more

Two Chinese contractors are charged with hacking British biotech firm as they are indicted in the US

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Chinese Nationals Li Xiaoyu (above), 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 31, allegedly stole ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of trade secrets, intellectual property, and other valuable business information’ in a sophisticated, decade-long scheme A British biotech company was hacked by two Chinese nationals linked to Beijing who have been charged int he US with stealing … Read more

Teenager who lives at home with his mother in UK is ‘among hacking group behind Twitter attack’

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One of the young hackers who hijacked major Twitter accounts this week is believed to be a British teenager who lives at home with his mother, according to reports.  The attack, which Twitter and the FBI are investigating, started with a playful message between hackers on the platform Discord, a chat service popular with gamers, … Read more

Putin ‘almost certainly’ knew about Covid hacking, says former intelligence chair

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Vladimir Putin must have known his spies were trying to steal groundbreaking British research into a coronavirus vaccine, a former chair of UK joint intelligence committee said today. Lady Neville Jones told the BBC she is ‘almost certain’ that the Russian President will have been aware that his operatives launched cyber attacks on Oxford University and … Read more