Greater than 40 million voters might have had information stolen in probably one in every of greatest information breaches in UK historical past.
Our Science and Know-how reporter, Mary-Ann Russon, explains the small print of the UK’s Electoral Fee cyberattack which occurred over a interval of virtually two years.
The London-based elections watchdog has since issued an apology to the general public, and has additionally created an FAQ webpage with particulars on the cyberattack and the way the investigation has been dealt with.
In one other main UK information breach, the Police Service of Northern Eire has apologised for mistakenly revealing particulars of all its 10,000 employees. In response to a Freedom of Info request, the PSNI had unintentionally shared private particulars of police and civilian personnel which had been then revealed on-line, earlier than being eliminated.
We’ve all heard about the advantages of getting at the least 10,000 steps in a day in nevertheless it seems that strolling simply 4,000 steps a day might cut back the chance of dying from coronary heart ailments. Researchers additionally discovered that the chance of dying from any trigger or from heart problems decreases considerably with each 500 to 1,000 further steps an individual walks.
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