Apple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests March 31, 2022 By William Turton Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law...
Hacked US Companies to Face New Reporting Requirements March 14, 2022 By Alan Suderman and Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay...
A Free-For-All but no Crippling Cyberattacks in Ukraine War March 2, 2022 By Alan Suderman and Frank Bajak RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Russia has some of the best hackers in the world, but in the early days of...
Hacking Risk Shadows U.S. Business as Russia Threatens Critics March 1, 2022 By Jack Gillum A swath of major American businesses — from major banks to utility companies — is preparing for possible cyberattacks against...
Cyberattacks Accompany Russian Military Assault on Ukraine February 25, 2022 By Frank Bajak BOSTON (AP) –The websites of Ukraine’s defense, foreign and interior ministries were unreachable or painfully slow to load Thursday morning...
Cyberattacks Increasingly Hobble Pandemic-Weary US Schools February 1, 2022 By Cedar Attanasio ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — For teachers at a middle school in New Mexico’s largest city, the first inkling of a...
US Unveils Plan to Improve Cyber Defenses For Water Utilities January 27, 2022 By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON–The White House on Thursday unveiled a plan to beef up cybersecurity in the nation’s water sector, an extension of...
Delay in Creating New Cybersecurity Board Prompts Concern January 26, 2022 By Alan Suderman RICHMOND, Va. (AP)–It’s a key part of President Joe Biden’s plans to fight major ransomware attacks and digital espionage campaigns:...
Ransomware Persists Even as High-Profile Attacks Have Slowed December 20, 2021 By Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman WASHINGTON (AP)–In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware...
Explainer: the Security Flaw That’s Freaked Out the Internet December 16, 2021 By Frank Bajak BOSTON (AP) — Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen. They say state-backed Chinese...