Computers belonging to the state government of Alaska, including the local ISP, the governor’s office, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, etc were extensively scanned by hackers from China’s Tsinghua University, reads a report by cyber security firm Recorded Future. As per a cyber security research firm Recorded Future, hackers operating from an elite Chinese…
The attack comes despite robust security measures undertaken by Singapore, a highly wired and digitalized state which has made cyber security a core priority since more than a decade. On Monday, on a follow up on Singapore’s worst ever cyber attack which saw personal information of nearly 1.5 million people, including its Prime Minister being…
A draft agreement is being circulated among foreign ministers on the area of cybersecurity, the details of which is likely to be published this coming Saturday. Following high-profile hacking attacks in Southeast Asia, nations in the region are hoping to enter into joint agreements on cybersecurity with Russia. The draft agreement, which aims to formalize…
Hackers were able to go through the personal records of 10 million customers of British electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone, in 2017. On Tuesday, British electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone disclosed, hackers have been able to access 10 million personal data of customers in 2017. “While there is now evidence that…
According to officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Russian state-sponsored group known as Energetic Bear which also goes by the name of Dragonfly, have claimed “hundreds of victims” in 2017, which include U.S. electric utilities. As per a report from the Wall Street Journal, in 2017 Russian hackers had been able to…
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…
Although Mexico does not use SWIFT, which was earlier compromised by hackers, the cyber punks were able to exploit vulnerabilities in its SPEI system and transfer funds to fake accounts which were emptied by their accomplices. According to two sources close to the investigation at hand, hackers have managed to siphon off hundreds of millions…
The update to the U.S. Congress by the credit monitoring firm sees hackers gaining access to 38,000 driver licenses and 3,200 passport details on top of the millions of private information harvested by them in the September 2017 cyber attack. Continuing its disclosures stemming from the cyber security incident which saw hackers gain access to…
JokerStash, a well known criminal group, has managed to breach Hudson’s Bay Co’s security systems and gain access to its payment cards data. Having penetrated the security systems of Hudson’s Bay Co, hackers have gained access to data on payment cards used at Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America, said Hudson’s Bay…
Hackers have managed to gain access to a treasure trove of critical information, including, names, phone numbers, payment card details, billing addresses and e-mails from the partner platform of Orbitz, a subsidiary of Expedia Inc. Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia Inc has disclosed that hackers have been able to access personal information…
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