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FBI Warns Texts Between Android And iPhone Could Be Targeted By Chinese Hackers, Shares Safety Tips
FBI urged citizens to use encryption to secure their communications amid a massive Chinese cyberattack.
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US Alleges Iranian Hackers Sent Stolen Trump Info To Biden Campaign
US authorities on Wednesday said Iranian cyberattackers had offered "stolen, non-public" material from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign to staff for his then White House rival, Joe Biden.
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US Charges 5 Russian Military Officers Over Ukraine Cyberattacks
The United States charged five Russian military officers on Thursday for allegedly conducting cyberattacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine ahead of the Russian invasion.
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Hackers Are Carrying Out Disruptive Attacks On Water Systems, Warns US
The U.S. government is warning state governors that foreign hackers are carrying out disruptive cyberattacks against water and sewage systems throughout the country.
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Seoul Accuses North Korea Of Stealing Secret Data On New Laser Weapon: Report
The North Korean hacker group, known as Andariel, allegedly stole data from 14 entities after accessing a huge cache of data from defence and research firms in the South.
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US, Israel Say Iranian-Linked Hackers Could Affect Several Industries
The US and Israel issued a joint advisory to highlight what they called malicious cyber activity linked to Iran that could affect several industries, including US-based water systems as well as energy and food.
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Hospital Emergency Rooms Shut Down In Three US States Due To Cyberattack
Ardent Health Services, which oversees 30 hospitals across the US, said it had shut down a significant number of its computerized services.
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Gang Behind Cyberattack On World's Biggest Bank Has Hacked 1,000 Victims
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.'s US unit had been hit by a cyberattack, rendering it unable to clear swathes of US Treasury trades after entities responsible for settling the transactions swiftly disconnected from the stricken systems.
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US Warns Its Space Industry Against Cyberattacks, Hacking by Foreign Entities
US counterintelligence agencies on Friday warned the American space industry to guard against efforts by foreign intelligence entities to steal research and trade secrets as they try to boost their own countries' space programs. US authorities have for years said Chinese hackers are targeting US space know-how, including having accessed computers ...
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India Saw Massive Surge in Ransomware, IoT Cyber Attacks in H1 2023: Report
While major economies like the US and the UK witnessed a decline in ransomware attacks, India (up 133 percent) and Germany (52 percent) are among the countries that saw a huge surge in such attacks, the 2023 SonicWall Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report for the January-June period stated. At the global level, a variety of other attacks have trended up, in...
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White House Partners With Amazon, Google and Best Buy for Cybersecurity Labeling Initiative for Smart Devices
The White House on Tuesday along with companies such as Amazon, Alphabet's Google and Best Buy will announce an initiative that allows Americans to identify devices that are less vulnerable to cyberattacks.
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TSMC Says Its IT Hardware Supplier Targeted in Cyberattack
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said on Friday that a cybersecurity incident involving one of its IT hardware suppliers has led to the leak of the vendor's company data. TSMC confirmed that its business operations or customer information were not affected following the cybersecurity incident at its supplier Kinmax.
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Microsoft Blames Iranian State Actors for Cyberattack on Charlie Hebdo
US computing giant Microsoft said Friday that it had identified Iranian state actors as those behind the recent cyberattack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Clint Watts, the general manager of Microsoft's Digital Threat Analysis Center, said that the hackers, who called themselves "Holy Souls," were Iranian cybersecurity firm Emennet Pa...
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T-Mobile Says Data of 37 Million Customers Exposed in Second Data Breach in 2 Years
T-Mobile on Thursday said that it was probing a data breach, the second major cyberattack in two years, that may have exposed 37 million postpaid and prepaid accounts. The US telecom operator said it identified malicious activity on January 5 and contained it within a day, adding that basic customer data — such as name, billing address, email and...
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US FAA Outage: No Evidence of Cyberattack on Federal Aviation Administration, White House Says
The White House said on Wednesday that it there was evidence that the US FAA outage that caused thousands of flights to be delayed was due to a cyberattack. The aviation authority removed an order to halt all flights after it restored an important system that provides pre-flight safety notices to pilots, according to a report.
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FBI Warns Texts Between Android And iPhone Could Be Targeted By Chinese Hackers, Shares Safety Tips
FBI urged citizens to use encryption to secure their communications amid a massive Chinese cyberattack.
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US Alleges Iranian Hackers Sent Stolen Trump Info To Biden Campaign
US authorities on Wednesday said Iranian cyberattackers had offered "stolen, non-public" material from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign to staff for his then White House rival, Joe Biden.
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US Charges 5 Russian Military Officers Over Ukraine Cyberattacks
The United States charged five Russian military officers on Thursday for allegedly conducting cyberattacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine ahead of the Russian invasion.
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Hackers Are Carrying Out Disruptive Attacks On Water Systems, Warns US
The U.S. government is warning state governors that foreign hackers are carrying out disruptive cyberattacks against water and sewage systems throughout the country.
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Seoul Accuses North Korea Of Stealing Secret Data On New Laser Weapon: Report
The North Korean hacker group, known as Andariel, allegedly stole data from 14 entities after accessing a huge cache of data from defence and research firms in the South.
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US, Israel Say Iranian-Linked Hackers Could Affect Several Industries
The US and Israel issued a joint advisory to highlight what they called malicious cyber activity linked to Iran that could affect several industries, including US-based water systems as well as energy and food.
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Hospital Emergency Rooms Shut Down In Three US States Due To Cyberattack
Ardent Health Services, which oversees 30 hospitals across the US, said it had shut down a significant number of its computerized services.
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Gang Behind Cyberattack On World's Biggest Bank Has Hacked 1,000 Victims
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.'s US unit had been hit by a cyberattack, rendering it unable to clear swathes of US Treasury trades after entities responsible for settling the transactions swiftly disconnected from the stricken systems.
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US Warns Its Space Industry Against Cyberattacks, Hacking by Foreign Entities
US counterintelligence agencies on Friday warned the American space industry to guard against efforts by foreign intelligence entities to steal research and trade secrets as they try to boost their own countries' space programs. US authorities have for years said Chinese hackers are targeting US space know-how, including having accessed computers ...
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India Saw Massive Surge in Ransomware, IoT Cyber Attacks in H1 2023: Report
While major economies like the US and the UK witnessed a decline in ransomware attacks, India (up 133 percent) and Germany (52 percent) are among the countries that saw a huge surge in such attacks, the 2023 SonicWall Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report for the January-June period stated. At the global level, a variety of other attacks have trended up, in...
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White House Partners With Amazon, Google and Best Buy for Cybersecurity Labeling Initiative for Smart Devices
The White House on Tuesday along with companies such as Amazon, Alphabet's Google and Best Buy will announce an initiative that allows Americans to identify devices that are less vulnerable to cyberattacks.
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TSMC Says Its IT Hardware Supplier Targeted in Cyberattack
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said on Friday that a cybersecurity incident involving one of its IT hardware suppliers has led to the leak of the vendor's company data. TSMC confirmed that its business operations or customer information were not affected following the cybersecurity incident at its supplier Kinmax.
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Microsoft Blames Iranian State Actors for Cyberattack on Charlie Hebdo
US computing giant Microsoft said Friday that it had identified Iranian state actors as those behind the recent cyberattack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Clint Watts, the general manager of Microsoft's Digital Threat Analysis Center, said that the hackers, who called themselves "Holy Souls," were Iranian cybersecurity firm Emennet Pa...
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T-Mobile Says Data of 37 Million Customers Exposed in Second Data Breach in 2 Years
T-Mobile on Thursday said that it was probing a data breach, the second major cyberattack in two years, that may have exposed 37 million postpaid and prepaid accounts. The US telecom operator said it identified malicious activity on January 5 and contained it within a day, adding that basic customer data — such as name, billing address, email and...
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US FAA Outage: No Evidence of Cyberattack on Federal Aviation Administration, White House Says
The White House said on Wednesday that it there was evidence that the US FAA outage that caused thousands of flights to be delayed was due to a cyberattack. The aviation authority removed an order to halt all flights after it restored an important system that provides pre-flight safety notices to pilots, according to a report.
