cyberattack
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Who is LAPSUS$, the Big, Bad Cybercrime Gang Hacking Tech’s Biggest Companies?
For the past three months, a mysterious hacker gang has been giving Silicon Valley a migraine of epic proportions. LAPSUS$, a band of cybercriminals with unorthodox techniques and a flare for the dramatic, has been on a white hot streak — lining tech companies up and knocking em’ down like bowling pins.
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White House Says Reports of an American Cyberwar With Russia Are Greatly Exaggerated
NBC reports that President Joe Biden has been presented with a “menu of options” for massive cyberattacks against Russia, an obvious retaliation for Putin’s illegal military campaign in Ukraine. However, the White House has since denounced the report, claiming that it does not “reflect what is actually being discussed in any shape or form.”
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Red Cross Cyber Attack Exposes Data of 515,000 Vulnerable People
The International Committee of the Red Cross (the ICRC) has revealed it was the victim of a sophisticated cyber attack, which has affected more than 515,000 vulnerable individuals around the world. Originally founded in 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC, or simply, the “Red Cross”) is a vast humanitarian aid organisation known for helping…
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‘Serious’ Cyberattack Literally Stops the Presses at Major Newspaper Publisher
One of Norway’s largest local news publishers, Amedia, had its operations come to a screeching halt on Tuesday following a major cyberattack on its central computer systems. The 78 newspapers that the company owns can’t be printed, readers can’t subscribe (or unsubscribe) from their local paper, and there’s no clear answer for when these issues…