Bill Goodwin

Hackers linked to Russian intelligence behind attack on Poland’s energy infrastructure, theft of credentials and using vulnerable routers to attack critical national infrastructure

NCSC advises on countermeasures for high-risk individuals over phishing attacks on encrypted messaging services, such as Signal, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger

Russia-backed hacking groups have developed techniques to compromise encrypted messaging services, including Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram, placing journalists, politicians, and activists of interest to the Russian Intelligence service at potential risk.

Political candidates, election officials and others at high risk of being targeted online are being offered protection against phishing and malware attacks in the run-up to the next UK general election. The move follows attempts by Russian…

Reporting by: Bill Goodwin, Duncan Campbell, Crina Boros IT support: Matthew Fowler. Interactive graphics: Sophie Hill A Russian hacking operation claimed to have uncovered a conspiracy among the pro-Brexit British establishment, but the…

This year saw Computer Weekly and Byline Times reveal an extraordinary secret campaign by right-wing Brexit supporters against the world’s leading science journal, Nature. The group, which had high-level connections in politics, business and…

The government has confirmed that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is behind a long-running hacking campaign that targeted politicians, civil servants, journalists and civil society organisations. The Russian campaign targeted high-profile…

Reporting by: Duncan Campbell, Bill Goodwin, Guy Taylor Additional research: Simone Bateson. IT support: Matthew Fowler. Interactive graphics: Sophie Hill One of the world’s most prestigious general science journals, Nature, was the target of a…

Scottish National Party MP Stewart McDonald has become the latest victim of a Russian state-backed hacking group that specialises in targeting non-government organisations (NGOs), politicians, journalists and other people of influence. Stewart…

A Russian cyber attack group has been targeting politicians, journalists, and military and intelligence officials across Britain and Europe for at least seven years, and may have stockpiled access to and data from target computers and phones for…

In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Computer Weekly investigations editor Bill Goodwin joins Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna to discuss the role of disinformation in the 2016 US Democratic National…

The police are powerless to act against a US company accused of sending tens of thousands of junk e-mails via e-mail addresses hijacked from UK firms that use the Demon ISP service. The Surrey Police Computer Crime Unit said it has no powers under…