Bots, which are used in data scraping raids and spamming operations, are also a problem for the telecom and IT industries

The US law enforcement chief said a Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon has gained access to telecoms, energy and water sectors

Beijing’s Ministry of State Security has urged citizens to step up their cybersecurity as attacks by overseas agencies have been ‘rampant’

Intelligence chiefs in The Netherlands said the cyber gang breached an armed forces network but tech firms like ASML were also targets

Insomniac had refused to pay a $2 million ransom and the files included details about the next Wolverine game release

The plan comes amid Beijing’s push to tamp down national security risks and heightened concerns around large-scale data leaks and hacking

One expert has predicted quantum computers might be capable of cracking the encryption that protects most digital communications by 2025

The allies say Pyongyang uses cybercrime profits to gather funds for its nuclear and missile programmes

The warning came on the heels of a Washington briefing which said Chinese state-linked hackers had stolen 60,000 emails from 10 State Department accounts

China's embassy in London said the accusation was "disinformation" and called the US government "the world's biggest hacking empire and global cyber thief"

India accounted for almost half of the world's internet shutdowns last year, while the Russian military also cut online services in Ukraine, internet watchdog group Access Now said

Current cyber security rules, government policies and regulations "are simply not at the level that we need them to be," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said