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Health Care Biggest U.S Ransomware Victim Last Year
Health care organizations last year reported the most ransomware attacks, according to an FBI report on Internet crime reported by Axios....
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Mar 12, 20241 min read
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Hackers Get $22M in Healthcare Ransomware Attack
The hackers behind one of the most disruptive health care cyberattacks in U.S. history received a payment of $22 million, and experts say...
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Mar 5, 20242 min read
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Ransomware Gang Hacks Prescription Processing Nationwide
A ransomware gang thought to have been crippled by law enforcement has snarled prescription processing for millions of Americans this...
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Mar 1, 20242 min read
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International Operation Takes Down Cybercrime Group LockBit
An international operation led by United Kingdom. and U.S. law enforcement has severely disrupted "the world's most harmful cybercrime...
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Feb 21, 20242 min read
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Should Attacks In Metaverse Be Treated As Criminal Cases?
As virtual reality programs are booming, so are reports of attacks, harassment and sexual assault. Some activists argue these incidents...
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Feb 9, 20242 min read
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China Targets Home Internet Routers, FBI Warns
The FBI warned that some internet routers are being "hijacked" by Chinese hackers. "It could just be an everyday business or individual,...
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Feb 5, 20242 min read
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U.S. Officials Warn Americans of Chinese Malware Threat
U.S. officials said they disrupted a state-backed Chinese effort to plant malware that could be used to damage civilian infrastructure,...
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Feb 1, 20242 min read
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FBI Seizes Ransomware Gang Website In International Effort
The FBI seized the darknet website of the AlphV/Blackcat ransomware gang Tuesday, The Record reports. The Department of Justice released...
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Dec 19, 20231 min read
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Ransomware Attack Disrupts Court Operations Across Kansas
Kansas state officials announced that the state's court system was hit by a “sophisticated foreign cyberattack”, the AP reports. The...
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Nov 22, 20232 min read
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More Public Schools Using Free Services To Stop Cyber Attacks
Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks, but lax cybersecurity means thousands of...
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Nov 20, 20232 min read
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Cyber Attacks By Nation States Aim At Government, Military Targets
Cyber attacks sponsored by nation states are less likely to use overt methods, such as web defacements and doxing. Instead, such attacks...
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Nov 14, 20232 min read
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FBI Unable To Stop Cybercrime Gang Casino Attacks
The FBI has struggled to stop a hyper-aggressive cybercrime gang that's been tormenting corporate America over the last two years,...
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Nov 14, 20232 min read
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Vietnam Agents Tried To Hack Phones of Lawmakers, CNN
Vietnamese government agents tried to plant spyware on the phones of members of Congress, U.S. policy experts and journalists this year...
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Oct 10, 20231 min read
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Stronger Data Privacy Laws Needed With New Artificial Intelligence Risks
While artificial intelligence appears to be a shiny new bauble full of promises and perils, lawmakers in both parties acknowledge that...
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Sep 27, 20232 min read
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Class Action Suit Filed Against Caesars Over Vegas Data Breach
One day after reporting a massive data breach, Caesars Entertainment, which operates eight hotel casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, faces a...
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Sep 18, 20232 min read
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FBI Shuts Down Malware Involved in U.S. Ransomware, Financial Fraud
The Justice Department on Tuesday said the FBI led a multinational effort involving the authorities from France, Germany, the...
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Aug 30, 20232 min read
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White House Summit Will Discuss Cyberattacks Targeting Schools
A group of school officials will meet at the White House on Monday to discuss the growing number of cyberattacks targeting schools, Axios...
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Aug 4, 20231 min read
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Chinese Spies Hack U.S. Commerce, State Department Emails
Chinese cyberspies, exploiting a fundamental gap in Microsoft’s cloud, hacked email accounts at the Commerce and State departments,...
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Jul 13, 20231 min read
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Minneapolis Students’ Private Data Leaked in Ransomware Case
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
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Federal Agencies Hit In Russian Ransomware Gang Cyberattack
Russian cybercriminals launched a global cyberattack that hit several federal government agencies, reports CNN. The attack exploited a...
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Jun 16, 20231 min read
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