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UK
It has been announced that a cyberattack on CTS , a legal sector specialist infrastructure service provider , is causing delays to house sales and purchases across the UK .
The company made a statement on its website which read : ‘ We are experiencing a service outage which has impacted a portion of the services we deliver to some of our clients .
‘ The outage was caused by a cyber incident . We are working closely with a leading global cyber forensics firm to help us with an urgent investigation into the incident and to assist us in service restoration .
‘ We continue to work around the clock with the assistance of third-party experts . Whilst we are confident that we will be able to restore services , we are unable to give a precise timeline for full restoration . We will continue to communicate directly with those of our clients which are impacted by the service outage , providing regular updates on the status of our work to restore services and our investigations into the incident .’
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It has been reported that the Idaho National Laboratory , part of the U . S . Department of Energy and one of the country ’ s foremost advanced nuclear energy testing labs , experienced a massive data breach on the night of Sunday November 26 , leading to the leak of employee addresses , Social Security numbers , bank account information and much more . INL media spokesperson , Lori McNamara , was reported to have said that the breach is being investigated and federal law enforcement are involved . www . intelligentciso . com
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