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BBCMajor broadband outage after 'malicious damage'
Engineers say they are working to replace about 700m (2,296ft) of cable, which could take two days.
- PA Media: UK News
Ransomware and nation state-backed cyber attacks on the rise, Microsoft warns
The tech giant has published its latest annual Digital Defence Report, outlining the trends in cybersecurity.
- Sky News
Iran, Russia and North Korea changed cyber attack tactics in the last year, says Microsoft
Microsoft users face more than 600 million cyber attacks every day, partly fuelled by a growing trend of cyber crime gangs working with nation states, according to a new report by the company. In this year's Digital Defence report, Microsoft said countries like Russia, Iran and North Korea have changed how they worked in the last year, including starting to experiment with AI. "We must find a way to stem the tide of this malicious cyber activity," said Tom Burt, the company's vice president of customer security and trust.
- Associated Press
Cyber criminals are increasingly helping Russia and China target the US and allies, Microsoft says
Russia, China and Iran are increasingly relying on criminal networks to lead cyberespionage and hacking operations against adversaries like the U.S., according to a report on digital threats published Tuesday by Microsoft. The growing collaboration between authoritarian governments and criminal hackers has alarmed national security officials and cybersecurity experts who say it represents the increasingly blurred lines between actions directed by Beijing or the Kremlin aimed at undermining rivals and the illicit activities of groups typically more interested in financial gain. In one example, Microsoft's analysts found that a criminal hacking group with links to Iran infiltrated an Israeli dating site and then tried to sell or ransom the personal information it obtained.
- HuffPost
Kamala Harris Surprises Rallygoers With Damning Video Of Donald Trump
The vice president literally rolled the tape on her Republican rival, drawing gasps from the audience in Erie, Pennsylvania.
- KameraOne
Child sets mall decoration on fire in China, parents blame the mall
This is the bizarre moment a boy set a mall decoration on fire in Beijing, China on September 24. Luckily, a woman was around the corner and able to extinguish the fire. The child's parents initially blamed the mall's lack of safety before they were shown the CCTV footage, then reportedly refused to pay compensation.
- Evening Standard
Manchester United ‘terminate Sir Alex Ferguson contract’ after Sir Jim Ratcliffe decision
INEOS continue cost-cutting programme by ending a multi-million pound annual commitment to former manager
- Evening Standard
Truth behind Nicole Kidman and Salma Hayek's Paris Fashion Week tense exchange revealed
An insider has claimed there’s ‘no issue’ between the stars
- HuffPost UK
I'm A Pharmacist – These Are The 3 Supplements You're Wasting Money On
The expert said these supplements should actually have warning labels.
- Bloomberg
Lee Hsien Yang seeks to demolish 38 Oxley Road home
The youngest son of Singapore’s first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew is seeking permission from authorities to demolish his late father’s home in the latest escalation of a bitter feud over the fate of the country’s most high-profile property.
- INSIDER
China has built a giant Osprey-like drone that engineers say can carry 10 passengers and fly at 340 mph
The Lanying R6000, or the Lanthanum Shadow, is designed to carry up to 4,400 pounds and fly a maximum of 2,400 miles, per a government-shared report.
- The Telegraph
‘Dad’s Army’ map of how to conquer Taiwan released by China
China has released a Dad’s Army-style animated map of a future takeover of Taiwan, while surrounding its islands with battleships and aircraft in a simulated invasion.
- Cinema Online
Jam Hsiao and Summer Lin finally held their wedding
The couple walked down the aisle witnessed by star-studded guests
- The Telegraph
UN ‘outmanoeuvred and intimidated’ as tree-planting Hezbollah makes dramatic gains
United Nations peacekeepers supposed to keep Hezbollah from Israel’s border have instead been outmanoeuvred and intimidated into allowing the militant group to build up extensive military might, their critics claim.
- The Independent
Doctors join calls for Trump to release medical records as his speeches continue to go off the rails
An open letter to the former president, signed by over 230 medical professionals, noted that he was ‘displaying alarming characteristics of declining acuity’
- Sky News
Why Hezbollah drone attack has caused such alarm in Israel
The Hezbollah drone attack on an Israeli base over the weekend, which killed four soldiers and injured more than 60, has caused considerable alarm within the IDF. The drone managed to evade Israel's sophisticated air defence systems, fly 35 miles south of the Lebanese border and impact a dining hall full of soldiers eating. Hezbollah claims it was targeting the base, which is plausible, but we can't be sure whether it was deliberate or sheer chance that they successfully hit a crowded room.
- Evening Standard
Police hunt all-female Chinese blackmail gang in north London
Terrified victims were told family members would ‘mysteriously’ get hurt if they didn’t follow demands
- The Telegraph
Russia retakes half of lost Kursk territory in blow to Zelensky
Russia has recaptured half of the territory it lost to Ukraine in Kursk, a region central to Volodymyr Zelensky’s plan to defeat Vladimir Putin.
- HuffPost
Trump's Bizarre Turn At Town Hall Has Critics Asking New Questions About His Health
The former president bailed on questions and just played music for a while, staying on stage and swaying.
- INSIDER
Russia rolled out a Soviet howitzer from the 1940s that Moscow technically shouldn't have in the first place
The D-74, an old artillery system exported by the Soviets, has reappeared in Donetsk, leading to suspicions that North Korea may have sent the gun.