Major US Pipeline Halts Operations After Ransomware Attack May 10, 2021 By Alan Suderman and Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is working with the Georgia-based company that shut down a major pipeline transporting fuel...
U.S. Unveils Plan to Protect Power Grid From Foreign Hackers April 20, 2021 By Michael Riley and Jamie Tarabay The White House unveiled on Tuesday a 100-day plan intended to protect the U.S. power grid from cyber-attacks, mainly by...
Biden Rushes to Protect the Power Grid as Hacking Threats Grow April 14, 2021 By Shaun Courtney and Michael Riley A White House plan to rapidly shore up the security of the U.S. power grid will begin with a 100-day...
Hackers Try to Extort University of Colorado in Cyberattack April 12, 2021 BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hackers are trying to extort the University of Colorado after a cyberattack that potentially compromised personal...
SolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye, CrowdStrike Executives Face Senate Grilling February 23, 2021 By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON — Top executives at Texas-based software company SolarWinds Corp, digital giant Microsoft Corp and cybersecurity firms FireEye Inc and...
SolarWinds Adviser Warned of Lax Security Years Before Hack December 22, 2020 By Ryan Gallagher A former security adviser at the IT monitoring and network management company SolarWinds Corp. said he warned management of cybersecurity...
U.S. Agencies Failed to Heed Cybersecurity Warnings, GAO Says December 16, 2020 By William Turton As details of the most audacious hack on the U.S. government in recent memory continued to stun lawmakers and the...
Wisconsin Republican Party Says Hackers Stole $2.3 Million October 30, 2020 By Scott Bauer MADISON, Wis. — Hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help...
U.S. Treasury Warns Cyber Insurers Payments to Hackers May Violate Sanctions October 2, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn Cyber insurers and other financial institutions that facilitate payments to hackers to end cyberattacks risk running afoul of sanctions rules,...
Start Of School in Hartford Delayed by Ransomware Attack September 9, 2020 By Dave Collins HARTFORD, Conn. — One the worst cyberattacks yet against Connecticut’s capital city forced officials to postpone the first day of...