Like ‘Terminator,’ High-Tech Cyber Crime to ‘Keep Coming’ June 23, 2021 By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK — Businesses worldwide are fighting sophisticated data scientists as they battle to protect their data-rich computers from cyber...
Ransomware Attacks on the Rise Even as Cyber Insurers Scale Back December 16, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Ransomware attacks increased in terms of both severity and costs this year, forcing insurers to become more selective and even...
6 Russian Officers Charged in ‘Destructive’ Hacking Campaign October 21, 2020 By Eric Tucker WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced charges against Russian intelligence officers in cyberattacks that targeted a French presidential election, the...
Former Roommate of Accused Capital One Hacker Sentenced October 16, 2020 By Martha Bellisle SEATTLE — The former roommate of a woman accused of hacking Capital One banking company and at least 30 other...
U.S. Charges Seven In Wide-Ranging Chinese Hacking Effort September 21, 2020 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen in...
Sources Say More Than 1,000 People at Twitter Had Ability to Aid Hack of Accounts July 24, 2020 By Joseph Menn, Katie Paul and Raphael Satter SAN FRANCISCO — More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal...
NSA Warns of Ongoing Russian Hacking Campaign Against U.S. Systems June 1, 2020 By Christopher Bing The U.S. National Security Agency on Thursday warned government partners and private companies about a Russian hacking operation that uses...
Hacking Against Corporations Surges as Workers Take Computers Home April 17, 2020 By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO — Hacking activity against corporations in the United States and other countries more than doubled by some measures...
U.S. Health Agency Suffers Cyber-Attack During Covid-19 Outbreak March 16, 2020 By Shira Stein and Jennifer Jacobs The U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered a cyber-attack on its computer system Sunday night during the nation’s response...
Iran’s Cyber Attack on Billionaire Adelson Provides Lesson on Strategy January 6, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius, Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton As the U.S. awaits possible retribution over a recent airstrike that killed a top general, there’s at least one American...