Hackers offer access to BBC to other cyber criminals

A hacker secretly took over a computer server at the BBC and then launched a Christmas Day campaign to convince other cyber criminals to pay him for access to the system.

While it is not known if the hacker found any buyers, the BBC’s security team responded to the issue on Saturday and believes it has secured the site, according to a person familiar with the clean-up effort.

A BBC spokesman declined to discuss the incident. “We do not comment on security issues,” he said.