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DDoS deluge: Brit biz battered as botnet blitzes break records 6 February 2026 at 17:36

DDoS deluge: Brit biz battered as botnet blitzes break records

6 February 2026 at 17:36

UK leaps to sixth in global flood charts as mega-swarm unleashes 31.4 Tbps Yuletide pummeling

Cloudflare says DDoS crews ended 2025 by pushing traffic floods to new extremes, while Britain made an unwelcome leap of 36 places to become the world's sixth-most targeted location.…

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Substack says intruder lifted emails, phone numbers in months-old breach 5 February 2026 at 20:54

Substack says intruder lifted emails, phone numbers in months-old breach

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By: Carly Page

5 February 2026 at 20:54

Contact details were accessed in an intrusion that went undetected for months, the blogging outfit says

Newsletter platform Substack has admitted that an intruder swiped user contact details months before the company noticed, forcing it to warn writers and readers that their email addresses and other account metadata were accessed without permission.…