U.S. authorities seeking access to Kobe Steel’s falsified data

Japan’s No. 3 steelmaker is likely to face an onslaught of legal action, possibly even class-action lawsuits, over the falsification of data in its products which have affected nearly 500 companies. On Tuesday, Japan’s Kobe Steel Ltd has disclosed that U.S. authorities have requested access to the company’s documents related to tis data cheating scandal.…

Princeton University Computer Science graduate’s bitcoin idea draws global investors attention

Read further on why investors including Bain Capital, Digital Currency Group and others are taking basecoin so seriously. U.S. investors, including the Digital Currency Group, have taken part in a pre-sale of basecoin, a crypto-currency which will be created by three Princeton University computer science graduates,Intangible Labs CEO and co-founder Nader Al-Naji. The other investors…

Iranian hackers tried to harvest email password from Britain

While earlier the hack was attributed to Russian hackers, The Time has reported citing intelligence assessments that the Iranians were behind the attack. On Saturday, The Times newspaper reported citing intelligence assessment of the incident that Iran had carried out a cyber attack on British lawmakers earlier this year. The news comes at a time…

Samsung Electronic’s Vice Chairman and CEO announces his departure from the company

Despite a brilliant performance in the third quarter, Samsung Electronics, the South Korean conglomerate is facing a vacuum in its top leadership which presents a never before opportunity for new generation leaders. On Friday, in a shocking revelation, Kwon Oh-hyun, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s CEO and Vice Chairman said he plans on stepping down from…

Lockheed Martin Corp’s Joint Strike Fighter program stolen from Australia in a cyber attack

The hacker had managed to breach the defenses and had downloaded nearly 30GB of data related to military hardware, including smart bombs, Joint Strike Fighter, naval vessels, P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane and other military hardware, over the course of 5 months. On Thursday, Australia’s defense ministry disclosed that a hacker had managed to breach its…

Trading Technologies International Inc acquires Neurensic LLC for undisclosed sum

Neurensic specialises in developing machine learning based software which markets participants, includers, traders, stock exchanges and market regulators, can use in real time to spot market related risks. Chicago-based Trading Technologies International Inc, a trading software provider has disclosed that has acquired Neurensic LLC for an undisclosed amount. Neurensic uses ai for market surveillance and…

Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft confirm Russian involvement in 2016 U.S Presidential election campaign

U.S. investigators are gradually piecing together how the Kremlin orchestrated its disinformation campaign using U.S. platforms to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign. As per a person briefed on Google’s probe on Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. elections, Google has discovered that Russian agents had spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on…

Micro Focus International Plc will restrict source code review by “high-risk” governments

Here’s the scoop on how Russian hackers have managed to conduct cyber attacks against U.S. businesses, politicians and defense organization, including the Pentagon, with ease. Following a news report by Reuters that the ArcSight security software had been scrutinized by Russia, its owners, Micro Focus International Plc, a British tech firm, stated it would restrict…