U.S. Water and Power Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Cyberhacks June 15, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra When the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was hacked in 2018, it took a mere six hours. Early...
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...
Malware Broker Behind U.S. Hacks is Now Teaching Computer Skills in China December 27, 2019 By Steve Stecklow and Alexandra Harney LONDON/SHANGHAI — A Chinese malware broker who was sentenced in the United States this year for dealing in malicious software...
Experts Say Vulnerable Businesses Should Increase Cyber Defenses March 14, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg When cyberthieves attacked Empire Industries’ computer network, technology manager Rich Shemanskis could see files in the process of being infected...
After Sony Attack FBI Warns of ‘Destructive’ Malware December 5, 2014 By Jim Finkle The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned U.S. businesses that hackers have used malicious software to launch a destructive cyberattack in...
Home Depot Breach Costs Ohio Credit Unions $1.3M November 4, 2014 The Credit Union National Association says the breach of customer data at Home Depot earlier this year cost Ohio credit...
U.S. Retailers Warned About Hacking Software August 25, 2014 By ALICIA A. CALDWELL and JEFF HORWITZ More than 1,000 U.S. retailers could be infected with malicious software lurking in their cash register computers, allowing hackers to...