BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Thursday imposed travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and companies in North Korea and China for their alleged involvement in major cyber attacks worldwide. FILE PHOTO: The flags of the European Union wave outside the headquarters of …
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“ ‘A successful attack on your system’s servers represents a threat to the privacy and data security of all its users. … Did this attack threaten the security of the President’s own Twitter account? “ – Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri The above lines came Wednesday from Republican Sen. …
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Issued on: 03/07/2020 – 03:46Modified: 03/07/2020 – 03:46 Police said Thursday they had arrested more than 800 people across Europe after shutting down an encrypted phone system used by organized crime groups to plan murders and drug deals. French and Dutch police said they hacked the EncroChat network so they …
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Malware attacks on prominent companies and institutions are nothing new. But experts say the switch to working from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic may be making it easier for hackers to find a way to break in. The University of California, San Francisco paid a $ 1.14 million ransom to …
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Hackers who attacked computer servers at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine received a ransom of more than $ 1 million so that researchers could regain access to data that had been encrypted maliciously by malware, university officials announced. Friday. The school’s …
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