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Microsoft Faulted for ‘Inadequate’ Cyber Practices in US Report

A Chinese-state intrusion last year of Microsoft Corp. technology that enabled hackers to gather US officials’ emails “should never have occurred,” according to a report released Tuesday from a government cyber review board. The Cyber Safety Review Board, a White …

Clorox Audit Revealed Cybersecurity Flaws at Its Plants in 2020

A few years before a 2023 cyberattack disrupted manufacturing at one of the largest US producers of disinfectants ahead of flu season, an audit warned of systemic cybersecurity flaws within the company’s production systems. Among the shortcomings highlighted by the …

New Zealand Joins US, UK in Accusing China of Malicious Hacking

New Zealand joined the US and UK in accusing China of sponsoring malicious cyber activity targeting democratic institutions, saying its parliamentary network was breached in 2021. The Government Communications Security Bureau has established links between a People’s Republic of China …

UnitedHealth Sent $2B to Doctors, Hospitals After Change Hack

UnitedHealth Group Inc. said it advanced more than $2 billion to medical providers after a cyberattack on the company’s Change Healthcare subsidiary last month halted billions of dollars in medical payments. Health-insurance industry leaders are meeting with US officials Monday …

Cancer Clinics Face Cash Crunch After Hack Rocks US Health Care

Doctors across the US are stretching to keep their practices afloat as a debilitating cyberattack on a once little-known company at the center of the health-care system continues to cause havoc. The Feb. 21 attack against Change Healthcare, a subsidiary …

Hacker Forum: UnitedHealth Paid $22M Ransom in Bid to Recover Data

A post on a hacker forum popular with cybercriminals has claimed UnitedHealth Group paid $22 million in a bid to recover access to data and systems encrypted by the “Blackcat” ransomware gang, according to two researchers. Neither UnitedHealth nor the …

North Korea Broke Into South Korean Chip Equipment Firms: Seoul’s Spy Agency

North Korea’s hacking groups have broken into at least two South Korean manufacturers of chipmaking equipment, as the country looks to evade sanctions and turn out its own semiconductors for weapons programs, South Korea’s spy agency said on Monday. The …

Hackers Exploit Ad Tools to Track Victims, Boosting Scam Efforts

Cybercriminals are using advertising tools to make their scams as “clickable” as possible. In a new kind of email phishing tactic, hackers are sending malicious PDF attachments containing a link that’s registered through an advertising network, security researchers from HP …

EquiLend Restores Some Services After Cybersecurity Incident

Fintech firm EquiLend said on Friday some services, including trading and post-trading solutions, had been restored, more than a week after it suffered an outage due to unauthorized access to its systems. EquiLend, a company at the heart of securities …

Carmakers Failing Privacy Test. Owners Have Little or No Control over Data Collected

BOSTON (AP) — Most major car manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information — though they are vague on the buyers, a new study finds, and half say they would share it with the government or law enforcement …