Spy chiefs warn smart cities are tempting targets for a hack

Security chiefs are warning us that our increasingly ‘smart cities’ are a prime target for hacker gangs -  and are urging council bosses and hospitals to prepare themselves.

The National Cyber Security Centre says sensors and web-connected devices used to improve urban services could also be infiltrated to cause huge chaos.

They say dangerous access points include congestion cameras, pollution monitors and or even the humble car park sensor.

India’s devastating second wave of Covid-19 is spreading to rural communities, where experts say medical infrastructure is poorly equipped to cope.

It comes as the coronavirus strain first detected in India is likely to be elevated to a “variant of concern” after clusters were found in several areas of England.

The countdown has begun to that out-of-control Chinese rocket making its re-entry to Earth over the weekend.

It’s proving tricky to know where any debris from the Long March 5B rocket could land.

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