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...
Robots Running the Industrial World Are Open to Cyber Attacks August 4, 2020 By Daniele Lepido Industrial robots are now being used to assemble everything from airplanes to smartphones, using human-like arms to mechanically repeat the...
Hackers Are Targeting the Remote Workers Who Keep Your Lights On July 30, 2020 By Christopher Martin In July alone, hackers took over the twitter accounts of U.S. politicians, stole terrabytes of coronavirus research and even infiltrated...
Twitter’s Security Woes Included Broad Access to User Accounts July 27, 2020 By Jordan Robertson, Kartikay Mehrotra and Kurt Wagner Twitter Inc. has struggled for years to police the growing number of employees and contractors who have the ability to...
U.S. Accuses Chinese Nationals of Hacking Spree Targeting COVID Data, Defense Secrets July 21, 2020 By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department indicted two Chinese nationals for hacking defense contractors, COVID researchers, and other companies worldwide,...
Twitter Scammers Just Wanted Money. But What if They Had Worse Plans? July 16, 2020 By Ayanti Bera and Nandita Bose The hackers who seized control of the Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama and Elon Musk appear...
Zoom Sued by Church for Bible Class Hijacked by ‘Sick’ Porn May 15, 2020 By Peter Blumberg One of San Francisco’s oldest churches has joined the chorus of complaints that Zooming is not safe — with a...