An ‘administrative error’ led to 15,471 job candidates receiving a message that contained another person’s name and the list of roles that they wished to be notified about.

The ALMA Observatory in Chile was struck by a cyberattack on 29 October, the Observatory said in a tweet on Wednesday. The attack impacted its computer systems and took both its public website and its radio telescope antennas offline.

It has been 22 days since the outage and Carenotes is yet to be restored. Staff at a Birmingham hospital were told on 17 August that restoration could take a further five weeks.

The malware in the messages uses three files to compromise computers — a decoy PDF to make users think they've downloaded a legitimate attachment, a fake "font updater" app, and a downloader labeled "safarifontagent”.

A survey conducted by Kaspersky on electronic payments showed that 57 percent of users in Egypt encountered phishing attempts when using online banking services or digital wallet services.

The NB65 or Network Battalion 65 group, which is allied with the notorious hacker collective Anonymous, allegedly leaked more than 900,000 emails from the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK).

The Coombe hospital isolated and locked down its IT services once the ransomware attack was discovered “on a precautionary basis” and is working with the HSE to resolve the issue.

The public are being urged to follow online safety advice as evidence emerges that criminals are exploiting the coronavirus pandemic online.