We don't often think of security for all that technology, though. Neither, apparently, did the hapless Marussia F1 team, which lost an entire day of testing data this week due to a computer virus.

A mystery investor is reportedly swooping in at the last minute to save the Marussia F1 team from bankruptcy in time to get it back on the grid for the 2015 Formula One World Championship.

Marussia has become familiar to followers of Formula 1 in recent years, having taken over what was the Virgin Racing team, but it is also has ambitious plans to be a serious contender in the ...