Hello and welcome to the details of The Independent: Hundreds of passwords from UK government bodies leaked online and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - The report added that nine attempts were made to sell classified UK military documents, including those related to Nato, via the darknet over the past year. — Reuters pic
MOSCOW, Oct 15 — Hundreds of logins and passwords from British government agencies, including the Ministry of Defence, have leaked on the darknet, The Independent newspaper reported, citing cybersecurity company NordStellar, according to Sputnik/RIA Novosti.
Over the past year, more than 700 email addresses and corresponding passwords from nine government domains have been leaked online, the report said yesterday.
According to NordStellar, a subsidiary of Nord Security, the creator of NordVPN, the Ministry of Justice suffered the most from the leaks, with 195 passwords leaked over the year. The Department of Work and Pensions had 122 passwords leaked, and the Ministry of Defence - 111, the report read.
The report added that nine attempts were made to sell classified UK military documents, including those related to Nato, via the darknet over the past year.
A NordStellar report seen by the newspaper also said the British government’s cybersecurity strategy had “dangerous vulnerability gaps” that made it a “a prime target for cybercriminals”. — Sputnik via Bernama
These were the details of the news The Independent: Hundreds of passwords from UK government bodies leaked online for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
