Greater Manchester Police officers’ personal details hacked in ransomware attack
Some staff employed by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have had personal details stolen after a third-party company was targeted in
Jailed: Didsbury paedo forced young girls to strip with threat of hacking computers
A Didsbury pervert who forced young girls to expose themselves by threatening to hack their computers was sentenced to five years in prison at Manchester Crown Court today.
The IT Crowd: Manchester’s Great Uni Hackathon takes over Old Granada Studios
On April 17-18 a non-stop hacking event comes to the Old Granada Studios for this year’s mammoth edition of ‘The Great Uni Hackathon’.
Banning of ‘revenge porn’ in proposed privacy bill will protect people online, claims Manchester Lib Dem MP
Withington MP John Leech has backed a proposed ‘digital bill of rights’ that would protect people’s privacy online and give them more control over their data.
Ex-Wigan Athletic footballer and cyber gang jailed after netting £130,000 in global fraud consipiracy
An ex-Wigan Athletic footballer has been jailed for three years after teaming up with a gang of cyber-fraudsters and stealing more than £130,000 from bank accounts across the globe.
Manchester man arrested in global sting on cyber thieves using malicious software to take over your PC
The cyber crime operation was carried out jointly with the FBI, and in Europe with Eurojust and Europol, which resulted in 97 arrests in 16 different countries, 17 of which came in the UK
Sordid blackmailer who posted naked pictures of Manchester student on Facebook escapes jail
William Wooles received suspended sentence