Chinese Hackers ‘Stole Data From Spanish Vaccine Labs’: Report
Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for Covid-19, El Pais newspaper reported Friday. The report emerged as drug...
Cybercrime
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on ‘APT39’ Iranian Hackers
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday announced sanctions against Iran-based cyber threat actor APT39, associated individuals,...
More Details Emerge on Operations, Members of Chinese Group APT41
More details have emerged on the operations of the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as APT41 and the links between its members, following the...
Anonymous Site Ramps Up ‘Doxxing’ Campaign Against HK Activists
Since her personal phone number was posted online, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Carol Ng has received menacing calls from strangers and been bombarded with...
U.S. Charges Three Iranian Hackers for Attacks on Satellite Companies
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced charges against three Iranian nationals believed to have stolen information related to the United States’ aerospace...
German Hospital Hacked, Patient Taken to Another City Dies
German authorities said Thursday that what appears to have been a misdirected hacker attack caused the failure of IT systems at a major hospital...
U.S. Charges Alleged Hackers of Chinese APT41 Group for Attacks on 100 Firms
The United States Department of Justice on Wednesday announced indictments against five Chinese nationals believed to be part of a state-sponsored hacking group known...
Computer Attack Disables California School District’s System
A ransomware virus took down a California school district’s computer system, forcing a shutdown of distance learning for about 6,000 elementary school students, an...
U.S. Charges Hackers for Defacing Sites in Response to Killing of Qasem Soleimani
The United States on Tuesday announced charges against two men from Iran and Palestine accused of defacing websites in response to the killing of...
Personal Information of 46,000 U.S. Veterans Exposed in Data Breach
The personal information of roughly 46,000 veterans was affected in a recent security incident, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Management...