Hackers cause Ukrainian power cut - a reminder cyber attacks will become more dangerous in 2016

Danny Palmer
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Ukrainian power outage 'sparked' by email-borne malware makes Ashley Madison hack seem trivial

If 2015 was a bad year for cyber security scares, then the very first high-profile incident to be reported in 2016 seems to demonstrate that this year could be even worse.  Incidents such as the...

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