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The FBI launches new mission to 'disrupt' cybercrime

A flurry of hacks on some of the world's biggest businesses - including McDonald's, Travelex and Colonial Pipeline - has forced the FBI to adopt a 'maximum disruption model' for 2021.

21 June 2021

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Erin Lister

Man who binned Bitcoin says it's now worth £500m

AI Clone of BBC Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy

Watch: Can BBC reporter's AI clone fool his colleagues?

On the left, we have a man. On the right, we have officials standing outside a mansion.

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Joe Tidy holding a phone with the picture of a blonde woman

‘Pig butchering’ scammers target BBC reporter

Grant Shapps

Shapps on cyber attack: We can't rule out state involvement

Rishi Sunak

PM declines to name China over armed forces payroll hack

Nkechi Ogbonna

Binance Nigeria: What happens to your money?

Oliver Dowden

Dowden blames Chinese groups for two cyber-attacks

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

China is 'greatest threat to UK's economic security' - Sunak

Georgetown University Professor Reena Aggarwal talks about Sam Bankman-Fried's case

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Keyframe #1

End to End Encryption - why are governments worried?

Vitalik Buterin

Ethereum Merge: A cryptocurrency 'going green'

Former US federal judge Nancy Gertner

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Merrick Garland

US attorney general: I approved Mar-a-Lago search warrant

James Howells

Man steps up bid to find £150m Bitcoin hard drive

Fire in a steel plant

Did hackers start this steel factory fire in Iran?

Mark Warner, US Senate Intelligence Chairman

Senator Mark Warner on risk of Russian cyber-ops

Super Bowl 56 stadium

Why are crypto adverts taking over the Super Bowl?

A worker at the Enegix crypto-mine near Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan

Inside Kazakhstan's giant crypto-mine

Ransomware graphic showing a key symbol and a skull and cross bones

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Rachel Reeves

Watch: Reeves 'deeply proud' to be first female chancellor

The Chancellor has presented her first Budget in the Commons.

Twins James and John Makanjuola,

The twins cleaning London's unloved spaces

Entrepreneurs James and John run a cleaning firm, but take it to the next level in their spare time.

Paula Vennells at the Post Office inquiry

Key moments from former Post Office chief's three-day testimony

Paula Vennells faced three days of questions about her role in the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub-postmasters.

Paula Vennells reaching for a tissue in the Post Office inqiuiry

Ex-Post Office boss cries while giving evidence

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells is speaking about the incident for the first time in ten years.

Santiago Paredes

Whistleblower claims Boeing supplier sent faulty parts

Spirit AeroSystems supplied Boeing with faulty parts, a former quality inspector has told the BBC.

Tatti Lashes

Tatti Lashes: The school friends who built a beauty empire

Charlotte Tiplady and Elliot Barton explain how together they built up their Tatti Lashes beauty empire from Liverpool.

Ocado has added robotic arms to its newest warehouse near Luton.

Watch Ocado robots in action

Ocado has added robotic arms to its newest warehouse near Luton.

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Jo Hamilton

'I feel survivor's guilt' says Post Office victim

Former sub-postmaster Jo Hamilton told BBC Breakfast she feels "guilt" after settling with the government over the Horizon IT scandal.

Woman in sunglasses smiling while answering questions related to the Budget

Watch: 'My biggest financial regret is...'

People in Kent share their finance stories ahead of Wednesday's Budget. Would you share yours?

Mohsin Issa

Issa brother to step back after 'fixing' Asda

Mohsin Issa, one half of the so-called "billionaire brothers" who own Asda, says he plans to hand over the running of the UK's third biggest supermarket.

Robots

'We had to adapt our robots to the AI revolution'

Sandy Enoch of Robotical explains why he had to pivot his educational robot company due to AI.

Picsart

'AI won't steal your job, but people using it may'

Hovhannes Avoyan, founder of picture and video editing app Picsart, shares his advice for our CEO Secrets series.

Picture of The Body Shop storefront in the 80s

'They thought it was a sex shop' - The Body Shop in the '80s

Archive footage shows Dame Anita Roddick talking about her company's success, in an 1984 interview.

Raid on Co-op store

CCTV shows violent raid on Co-op store

The retailer gave the footage to the BBC as it warned of a rise in attacks on retail staff.

Sir Howard Davies

Not that difficult to buy a home, says NatWest chair

Sir Howard Davies says he believes it is not currently "that difficult" for people to get on the housing ladder.

Joanna Jensen

'A viral Facebook post nearly blew up our business'

Joanna Jensen, founder of skincare brand Childs Farm, shares advice for start-ups for our CEO Secrets series.

Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes

Broadband rises must be 'clearer', says Ofcom boss

The regulator has plans to make mobile and broadband firms more upfront about mid-contract price rises.

Earring

'This earring helped me build my £4bn business'

Richard Harpin, co-founder of Homeserve, explains how an earring taught him an early business lesson.

Olivia DeRamus and BBC reporter Lora Jones

'Taking control of my abuse story'

Olivia DeRamus set up an app in the wake of her sexual assault. Now she's ready to take on Big Tech.