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A university student who created malware targeting government websites while living with his parents has been jailed for 21 months.

The group first appeared on the dark web in July 2022 offering “affiliates” the use of their sophisticated ransomware hacking software in exchange for a cut of the ransom money

LockBit, a major criminal gang who runs an online website that organises ransomware cyber attacks, has been involved in many high-profile hackings over the last few years

Hackers targeted the database of a firm which handles the security for some of Britain's most secretive sites - including a nuclear submarine base and a chemical weapon lab

Diogo Santos Coelho, 23, faces up to 52 years in jail if found guilty amid claims he set up one of the world’s largest hacker forums after quitting school in London at 15

Zellis, a payroll company based in the UK, is understood to have been impacted by a cyber security attack targeting file transfer company MOVEit, with British Airways among the firms impacted

Ukrainian hackers broke into Sergey Morgachev's AliExpress account and ordered several sex toys and gay pride flags in his name in an "symbolic act of moral humiliation"

Hackers are becoming increasingly difficult to detect, but cyber experts have told of 10 red flags to look out for when it comes to protecting your PC or Mac from dangerous malware