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NHS services across England have been hit by IT failure, believed to be caused by a large-scale cyber attack.
Google took an exceptionally hard line against China late Tuesday, naming it as the source of a large-scale cyber attack last month, aimed at breaching the security of Google and some 20 other companies.
Also in 2007, the world had to deal with the consequences of a large-scale cyber attack, when the Estonian government, banks, media and police were collectively targeted by over 100 individual cyber attacks, forcing the nation to shut down its key computer systems to protect itself.
As we reported on Monday, the conflict in the Gaza Strip had incited a large-scale cyber war that attacked Israel's media and PR efforts from all sides.
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In August, the F.B.I. scored its first major victory against the Tor network when it executed a large-scale cyber-attack that shut down Freedom Hosting, a provider of Tor hidden services, whose owner had been accused of hosting child pornography.
And in May, NHS services across England and Scotland were hit by a large-scale cyber-attack that has disrupted hospital and GP appointments.
Three out of 43 police forces in England and Wales have a comprehensive plan to deal with a large-scale cyber-attack, a report has found.
According to the government's definition, a large-scale cyber-incident could be "a criminal attack on a financial institution to gather data or money" or an "aggregated threat where many people or businesses across the UK are targeted".
Inspectors found the ability to deal with cyber-threats remains "largely absent" in some forces and that some senior officers across England and Wales are still "unsure of what constituted a large-scale cyber-incident".
A large-scale cyber-attack on the NHS today has hit GP surgeries and hospitals across England and Scotland.
Every few months it seems that there's a large scale cyber hack that makes the headlines and sends people into a panic about their online security.
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