In a statement Tyler Technologies said, its network was hacked by a ransomware, a kind of computer virus through which hackers encrypts files and decrypt them once their payment demands are met. The hacker was able to gain access to its internal networks, but could not access to the systems it hosts for clients; incidentally,…
In a statement Twitter said, the official Twitter account of the Olympics and the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) media Twitter account had been hacked and has been temporarily locked. Twitter’s statement also mentioned that these accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, without giving further details. “As soon as we were made aware of the…
In September 2017, credit reporting agency Equifax decided to come clean: it had been hacked and personal sensitive information of 143 million, which was later revised to 147.9 million, U.S. citizens had been compromised. The stolen personal data included names, date of birth, and Social Security numbers. Earlier this week on Monday, the U.S. Department…
Medtronic’s is not aware of any confirmed reports of patients coming to harm because of the cybersecurity risks. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned, certain insulin pumps made by Medtronic Plc, are being recalled due to their potential risk of being hacked. The FDA said, as of now, they are not aware…
Gavin De Becker, a longtime security consultant, who is the security chief for Amazon.com’s chief executive Jeff Bezos has concluded that the Saudi Govt accessed and gained private information from it. He has handed over the findings of his investigation to U.S. federal officials. Gavin De Becker, a longtime security consultant, who is the security…
The report from the National Enquirer is in stark contrast to Bezos’ security chief, Gavin De Becker who had reported that the government of Saudi Arabia had accessed Bezos’s private information from his phone. As per a report from the publisher of the National Enquirer, the tidbits on the private life of Jeff Bezos,…
Hackers stole $31.5 million from Bithumb, the 6th busiest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. According to a notice put up by Bithumb on its website on Wednesday, it has stopped all of its trading activities after it ascertained that “some cryptocurrencies worth about [$31.5 million] 35 billion won has been seized between late yesterday and…
The hack occurred over the weekend. Coinrail has temporarily suspended trading in the virtual currency exchange. On Monday, with Coinrail, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, disclosing that it was hacked during the weekend, there followed an extended sell-off of bitcoin which saw it touch its 2-month low. In recent given the number of hacks involved…
Fitness apparel maker Under Armour acquired MyFitnessPal for $475 million in in 2015. It has now issued an alert on its website urging users to change their password immediately, as it monitors and works with law enforcement and data security firms to secure its systems. In a cyber attack that resulted in the leak of…
A 2015 hack at Carphone Warehouse had compromised the personal information of more than 3 million people. On Wednesday, Britain’s information regulator disclosed that it has imposed a fine of $539,400 (400,000 pounds) on Carphone Warehouse following the 2015 cyber attack which exposed the private data of more than 3 million of its customers. As…
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