A chilling new low in Cyber attacks.
Hackers now claim they have stolen pictures, names and addresses of 8,000 children from the Kido nursery chain in UK this morning. Eighteen sites in and around London plus more in the US and India have been targeted.
The cyber attack gang says they hold not only children’s details, but information on parents, their contact details, carers, even safeguarding notes. Some families have reportedly been contacted directly by criminals on the phone.
This is extortion weaponising fear. It’s not about Land Rover luxury cars or well known retailer supply chains anymore. It’s about children now.
And it’s happening because market intelligence confirms a hard truth: ransoms are being paid. Every payment, every transfer, tells hackers that Britain will cave in.
Corporate shame was bad enough. Now, it’s family safety on the line.
Boardrooms and governments must wake up. Paying hackers is not risk management it’s surrender.
Until we stop feeding this cycle, the UK will remain a playground for cyber criminals.
The next question is brutal but unavoidable: who will be next?
