Giving in to the demands of the blackmailers was “a highly controversial decision,” Blount told the Wall Street Journal in his first interview since the devastating cyberattack on May 7, which saw Colonial Pipeline losing access to its computer systems. He said he authorized the payment of the ransom by …
Read More »Cybersecurity tycoon Kaspersky claims CIA hackers could actually be behind US Colonial Pipeline attack blamed on Russian group
After a massive systems failure caused the Colonial Pipeline to shut down, Natalya Kaspersky, the founder and former CEO of security software firm Kaspersky Lab, as well as one of Russia’s wealthiest women, made the explosive suggestions in an interview with RIA Novosti on Friday. She alleges that the US’ …
Read More »‘Babuk’ hackers dox Washington, DC police officers in effort to extort ransom for stolen data
“The negotiations reached a dead end, the amount we were offered does not suit us, we are posting 20 more personal files on officers, you can download this archive, the password will be released tomorrow,” the Babuk hacker group wrote on Tuesday, according to Vice’s Motherboard. “If during tomorrow they …
Read More »Who else could it be? Russian hackers suspected of taking Australian morning news broadcast off air
Channel 9 CEO Mike Sneesby confirmed that a cyber-attack rendered the broadcaster unable to air its morning news show, ‘Weekend Today’, which runs between 7am and 1pm local time from its Sydney office. The channel’s 5pm news program also failed to air in Melbourne. The company said in a statement …
Read More »Hackers say they breached 150,000 live-feed cameras, incl. in hospitals, prisons & schools to expose lax security standards
The hacktivists targeted Silicon Valley security firm Verkada, which sells surveillance cameras that users can manage through an online portal, breaching a “Super Admin” account that gave access to feeds for all of the company’s customers, according to a Tuesday Bloomberg report. In addition to more than 200 cameras in …
Read More »Gab goes offline after refusing to pay hackers, accuses Biden admin & ‘oligarch tyrants’ of wanting to shut them down
“We took the site down to investigate a security breach,” Gab announced on Monday afternoon via their Twitter account. Users trying to log into Gab were greeted with an “internal error” message and told to try again. “Banks are banning us. Hackers are attacking us. Journalists are libeling us. Why?” …
Read More »Cyberpunk hackers ‘sell off’ CD Projekt Red’s stolen source code after ransomware attack
Fresh from a public outcry over the shambolic release of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ before Christmas, CD Projekt Red (CDPR) was in the news again this week after it fell victim to an alleged cyberattack. Hackers claimed to have stolen the source code to the company’s ‘Red Engine,’ which powers both ‘Cyberpunk …
Read More »Cyberpunk hackers ‘sell off’ CD Projekt Red’s stolen source code after ransomware attack
Fresh from a public outcry over the shambolic release of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ before Christmas, CD Projekt Red (CDPR) was in the news again this week after it fell victim to an alleged cyberattack. Hackers claimed to have stolen the source code to the company’s ‘Red Engine,’ which powers both ‘Cyberpunk …
Read More »Hackers threaten to leak massive trove of ‘before & after’ plastic surgery photos, warn they’re ‘not a pleasant sight’
The hack on the surgery chain, the Hospital Group, was reported by the BBC on Thursday, noting that the company had informed both its customers as well as the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office of the data theft. “We can confirm that our IT systems have been subject to a data security …
Read More »Hackers and SPACE COMMAND: Boris pledges £16.5bn military spending spree amid cuts to foreign aid & welfare
Major media outlets reported the budget deal, citing sources at Number 10 Downing Street ahead of the official announcement in the Commons on Thursday. Johnson reportedly said that “the defence of the realm must come first,” even as Britain struggles to deal with the economic and health impact of the …
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