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Ireland's health service shuts down IT systems after ransomware attack
Ireland's Health Service Executive has been hit with a ransomware attack causing it to shut down its IT network and resort to pen and paper records.
Colonial Pipeline restarts operations after ransomware attack
Colonial Pipeline will soon resume its normal operations after being forced to shut down due to a ransomware attack.
Colonial pipeline hackers say they're 'apolitical' and only out to make money
The Darkside hacking group believed to be behind the rasomware on the Colonial pipeline has said it is "apolitical" in a statement.
Pipeline cyberattack was likely the work of a ransomware gang
A ransomware gang may be the culprit behind the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack that hobbled oil and gas.
US pipeline giant shuts down major fuel line following cyberattack
Colonial Pipeline has shut down a major fuel line and parts of its network after a cyberattack.
Report: Russia 'likely' kept access to US networks after SolarWinds hack
Russian intelligence 'likely' still has access to US networks after the SolarWinds hack despite attempts to close vulnerabilities, according to sources.
SolarWinds hack reportedly accessed emails for key DHS officials
SolarWinds hackers reportedly compromised the email of Homeland Security officials, including acting Secretary Chad Wolf.
US plans 'a mix of actions' against Russia over SolarWinds cyberattack
The government will reportedly start carrying those out within the next three weeks.
Russian, Chinese hackers may have stolen European vaccine data
Russian and Chinese hackers reportedly stole COVID-19 vaccine and treatment data from the European Medicines Agency.
Secretary of State says Russia is 'clearly' behind federal agency hacks (updated)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Russia for a hacking campaign against federal agencies — the first in the administration to accuse Putin.
Russian state hackers appear to have breached a federal agency
Evidence suggests Russia's state-backed Fancy Bear group was behind a hack targeting a US federal agency.
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Former Uber security chief charged with covering up 2016 hack
The hack exposed the email addresses and phone numbers of 57 million Uber drivers and customers.
Garmin reportedly paid millions to resolve its recent ransomware attack
The company is said to have made the payment through a third party.
Garmin confirms a cyber attack took its systems offline
Garmin is finally giving its users more information about the system outage the company has been dealing with since the morning of July 23rd. The company has just confirmed earlier reports that it was the victim of an external cyber attack that encrypted some of the company’s systems. Crucially, Garmin says it has “no evidence” that any customer data, including payment information stored in Garmin Pay, was accessed by the perpetrators.
A security breach opened up access to a genealogy site’s DNA profiles
A security breach changed the permission settings on millions of profiles in GEDmatch, a DNA database used by genealogists.
Trump confirms cyberattack against Russian trolls during 2018 midterms
Trump has confirmed a rumored cyberattack against Russia that was meant to thwart disinformation during the 2018 midterm elections.
Cyberattack forces Honda to suspend global production for a day
Honda was forced to suspend global production for a day due to a cyberattack that infiltrated the company's internal servers in Tokyo.
UK investigates if cyberattack led to stock exchange outage
UK officials are worried that a London Stock Exchange outage in August wasn't just the glitch that many suspected. Wall Street Journal sources say the GCHQ intelligence agency is investigating the possibility that the failure may have been due to a cyberattack. It's reportedly taking a close look at the associated code, including time stamps, to determine if there was any suspicious activity. The exchange was in the middle of updating its systems when the outage happened, and there's a fear this left systems open to attack.
New Orleans declares state of emergency following cyberattack
New Orleans is the latest city to fall victim to a cyberattack, although it appears to have fared better than some of its peers. The city both declared a state of emergency and shut down most of its computers after detecting suspicious activity, including ransomware and a flurry of phishing emails. It's not clear if the ransomware compromised any systems, although Mayor LaToya Cantrell said that there had been no ransom requests or evidence of employees being tricked into handing over login details.