Five of the worst cases of cyber crime the
world has ever seen – from data theft of one
BILLION Yahoo users to crippling the NHS
These terrifying online attacks will make you think twice about what
information you put out on the internet
CYBER crime can affect anyone at any time.
Our sharing of personal information and reliance on online services
make us all potential targets of internet crime.
And while we hope that the institutions we trust our information with
have the strongest measures in place protect it, unfortunately that isn't
always possible.
Midway through 2017, the UK fell victim to one of the most crippling
cyber attacks it had ever experienced.
The WannaCry virus infiltrated the NHS computer system and left it
completely disabled for most of the week.
Forcing hospitals and medical practitioners to operate entirely offline,
it exposed a major hole in the cyber security of the UK's healthcare
system.
But this was just one of a number of incidences that have affected
British citizens in recent memory.
Read on to see some of the biggest cases of hacking and cyber attack
in the last decade.
WannaCry virus hits the NHS, 2017
The most widespread cyber attack ever, hackers managed to gain
access to the NHS' computer system in mid-2017, causes chaos
among the UK's medical system.
