cyberattack

US Government Offers $10m Bounty For Colonial Pipeline Hackers

DarkSide criminals who hacked Colonial Pipeline are firmly in American crosshairs, after $10 million bounty is offered for their ID…

3 years ago

Labour Party Member Data Compromised After Breach

'Cyber incident' for the UK's Labour Party sees 'significant quantity' of membership data, held by unidentified third party, being compromised

3 years ago

Iran Blames Nation State For Cyberattack on Petrol Stations

Petrol distribution network in Iran has reportedly been paralysed after a cyberattack, which some officials have alleged came from a…

3 years ago

BT Eagle-i Seeks To Predict, Prevent Cyberattacks

Proactive security approach. New security platform from BT Security, dubbed 'Eagle-i', seeks to predict and prevent cyberattacks

3 years ago

Sunderland University IT Systems Crippled By Cyberattack

University admits 'extensive IT issues' after a suspected cyberattack takes down website, telephones, and IT systems, and impacts onlines classes

3 years ago

NCSC Head Says Russia Remains UK’s Most Acute Cyber Threat

Russia remains the UK's most acute cyber threat and the source of most ransomware attacks, says head of National Cyber…

3 years ago

UK To Base Its ‘National Cyber Force’ In Lancashire

Cyber offensive operation of the UK government to be based somewhere in Lancashire, to tackle tackle hostile nation states and…

3 years ago

New Zealand Banks, Post Offices Downed By DDoS Attack

Websites belonging to the national postal service and banks in New Zealand, have been knocked offline on Wednesday in an…

3 years ago

Bangkok Airways Hit By LockBit Ransomware Attack

Passenger data collected by Bangkok Airways published after Thai airline reportedly declines to pay the criminal's ransom demand

3 years ago

FCC To Investigate T-Mobile Data Breach

Data breach that impacted more than 40 million former, prospective, and current customers will be investigated by US regulator

3 years ago

Colonial Pipeline Admits Ransomware Attack Stole Personal Data

US pipeline operator confirms devastating ransomware attack in May, also resulted in theft of personal information of nearly 6,000 people

3 years ago

Hackers Steal $600m In Cryptocurrency Heist – Report

Crypto heist. Blockchain site Poly Network urges hackers to return stolen digital tokens after they exploited a vulnerability

3 years ago

UK Considers Response After Fatal Drone Strike – Report

After Iranian drone strike on Israeli ship kills a Briton and a Romanian sailor, UK reportedly mulls cyber response

3 years ago

Biden Warns Cyberattacks Could Lead To ‘Shooting War’

President Biden underscores the issue of ongoing cyberattacks, and admits they could cause a 'real shooting war' with a 'major…

3 years ago

Transnet Suffers Ransomware Attack, Halts Port Operations

State-run port operator Transnet has halted port operations in South Africa, after a cyberattack last week crippled IT systems

3 years ago

Kaseya Denies Paying REvil Hackers For Decryption Tool

Kaseya refused to negotiate with REvil ransomware gang, and has strongly denied paying a ransom in order to obtain decryptor…

3 years ago

China Denies Microsoft Hacking Claim By The West

Microsoft Exchange hacking claims by the West are 'groundless' Chinese authorities say, after email compromise earlier this year

3 years ago

US Offers $10m Reward For Information On Foreign Hackers

Grass on a hacker. US offers $10 million reward for hackers conducting malicious cyber activities against critical infrastructure

3 years ago

Kaseya Hackers Demand $70 Million Ransom

Number of organisations affected by damaging Kaseya ransomware attack grows from just 50, to roughly 1,500 businesses globally

3 years ago

UK NCSC, US Agencies, Warn Of Russian Cyber Campaign

America's NSA, CISA, FBI, alongside the United Kingdom's NCSC have warned about an ongoing brute force campaign by Russia's GRU…

3 years ago

President Biden Warns Putin Over Russian Cyberattacks

During face-to-face talks President Biden warns Putin that cyberattacks on critical infrastructure will result in 'retaliation'

3 years ago

EA Games Hacked, Source Code Stolen

Hackers compromise systems of Electronic Arts, and steal valuable source code to big name computer games, as well as internal…

3 years ago

JBS Paid $11 Million To REvil Ransomware Criminals

Not again. Brazilian beef supplier JBS confirms reports that it paid $11 million ransom to Russian Revil criminal hackers

3 years ago

DoJ Recovers Most Of Colonial Pipeline Ransom

Follow the money. US Dept of Justice has seized most of the ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline to DarkSide ransomware…

3 years ago

Meat Supplier JBS Suffers Ransomware Attack

Critical industry attack on the food chain. Ransomware attack on meat supplier likely originated from Russia, White House has said

3 years ago

US To Issue Cyber Protection Rules For Pipelines After Colonial Hack

Amid Colonial Pipeline hack fallout, US DHS issues cyber protection rules for American pipelines to safeguard critical infrastructure

4 years ago

Hack Exposes Data Of 4.5 Million Air India Passengers

Air India warns passengers their personal information including passport data, has been compromised in SITA software breach

4 years ago

Insurance Firm CNA Pays $40m To Ransomware Criminals

When it will end? One of the largest insurance firms in the United States has reportedly paid hackers a staggering…

4 years ago

Ireland Tests Decrypt Tool After ‘Catastrophic’ Ransomware Attack

Tool being tested after 'stomach-churning' ransomware attack that crippled Ireland's health IT systems during Coroavirus pandemic

4 years ago

Colonial Pipeline CEO Confirms Ransom Payment

Despite paying the ransom to cyber criminals, some internal Colonial Pipeline systems are still reportedly not functioning

4 years ago