The ProtekCyber Deep Dive

A data breach that crossed every moral line. Eight thousand children, families, and staff exposed. In September 2025, Kido International , a nursery chain operating 18 sites across London and abroad, suffered one of the most disturbing cyberattacks in recent history. A new ransomware group calling itself Radiant infiltrated the organisation using stolen staff credentials and no multi-factor authen...

A single forgotten account. Thirty-two gigabytes of privileged data. One devastating breach. DPP Law Ltd, a UK-based legal firm, was fined £60,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a cyberattack exposed highly confidential client data — including legally privileged information — on the dark web. The attack was traced back to a legacy administrator account from 2001 , still activ...

September 2025. A silent system failure that echoed across continents. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) — one of the UK’s most iconic automotive manufacturers was brought to its knees by a catastrophic cyber attack that halted global car production for weeks. What began as an isolated disruption at the Hailwood factory spiralled into a complete operational blackout, exposing deep-rooted vulnerabilities in...

April 2025. Millions of UK shoppers. Empty shelves. Frozen systems. The Co-operative Group — one of Britain’s largest retail organisations — was paralysed almost overnight after a major cyber attack hit its internal IT systems. Supply chains failed, stores went dark, and key data simply vanished from view. Presented by ProtekCyber , a UK-based cybersecurity consultancy helping businesses build cla...

A 158-year-old transport giant. Seven hundred jobs. Half a thousand lorries. And all it took was one weak password to bring it crashing down. In this episode the ProtekCyber team unpack the true story behind the ransomware attack that erased KNP Logistics — how a single employee login spiralled into total business collapse, and what lessons every UK organisation must learn from it. We’ll cut throu...