Utilities Including Nuclear Firms Hacked
Firms operating nuclear power plants and other energy facilities in the US have been hacked in recent months, the New ...
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India’s Ethical Hackers Rewarded Abroad, Ignored At Home
Kanishk Sajnani did not receive so much as a thank you from a major Indian airline when he contacted them ...
Ransomware Hits ‘hundreds of Thousands’ of China PCs
"Hundreds of thousands" of Chinese computers at nearly 30,000 institutions including government agencies have been hit by the global ransomware ...
Microsoft Says Cyberattack Should Be Wake Up Call For Governments
Microsoft warned governments Sunday against storing computer vulnerabilities like the leaked one at the heart of the cyberattack that has ...
US Treasury To Play Key Role Protecting Finance IT Infrastructure
The US Treasury Department said Saturday it will play a "leading role" in protecting the global financial system's IT infrastructure. ...
Microsoft Makes Emergency Security Fix
Microsoft has released an urgent update to stop hackers taking control of computers with a single email. The unusual bug, ...
Hackers Used Microsoft Word Bug ‘for Months’
A bug in Microsoft Word was exploited by hackers for months before it was eventually fixed, according to security researchers. ...
Russian Hacker Roman Seleznev Sentenced To 27 Years
A federal judge has handed down the longest sentence ever imposed in the US for a cybercrime case to the ...
David Tennant To Sue Over News of the World Phone-Hacking
Actor David Tennant is suing the owners of the defunct News of the World over alleged phone hacking. His lawyers ...
Singapore Defence Ministry Reports Cyber Breach
Singapore's defence ministry said Tuesday that hackers had stolen the personal details of hundreds of staff and soldiers in what ...
Cyber Warriors See Politics Muddying Security Efforts
President Donald Trump has vowed to improve cyber attack defense, but security experts meeting this week say a fractious domestic ...
US To Retaliate Against Russia Over Election Meddling
The actions are expected to include expanded sanctions and diplomatic measures, the officials said, in what the administration deems a ...
EC Condemns Attempted Hacking of Website
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has criticised a failed effort by some unknown persons to infiltrate its system, disrupting its supply ...
North Korea ‘hacks South’s Military Cyber Command’
South Korea's military cyber command, set up to guard against hacking, appears to have been breached by North Korea, the ...
Here’s Trump’s Plan To Stop Hackers
The incoming Trump administration wants to audit the security of the federal government's computer systems -- a massive undertaking -- ...
Arrests Over Hacks of CIA and FBI Staff
Two Americans have been arrested and charged for allegedly helping to hack high-ranking US government officials. The US Department of ...
Wikileaks Walks Back Assange Claim On Hacking Trump Tax Returns
WikiLeaks on Saturday walked back a claim made by its founder, Julian Assange, that it was "working on" obtaining Donald ...
38-Year-Old Arrested by Ghana Police for Hacking into Banks and Transferring Money into His Account
A 38-year-old man, alleged to be a specialist in hacking into the emails of banks and other business institutions to ...
Ghanaian Government Representative Reached Out to Hacking Team to Purchase Stealth Technology on Behalf of the Secret Service
On February 24, 2014, Richard Attoh-Okine, Head of Information Technology for the Ghana National Gas Company, emailed a representative at ...