Cyber Attack

British Airways apologizes after 380K customers hit in cyber attack

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 - 10:00 GMT

British Airways was forced to apologize on Friday after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen

U.S. charges North Korean hacker in Sony, WannaCry cyberattacks

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 - 06:07 GMT

The U.S. government on Thursday charged and sanctioned a North Korean man in the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack.

Croatian police arrest suspect behind global cyber attack platform

Wed, 25 Apr 2018 - 10:10 GMT

Croatian police said on Wednesday they had arrested a 19-year old man they suspect of being behind an illegal internet service for cyber attacks.

UK could launch retaliatory cyber attack on Russia if infrastructure targeted

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 - 12:10 GMT

Britain would consider launching a cyber attack against Russia in retaliation if Russia targeted British national infrastructure.

With paper and phones, Atlanta struggles to recover from cyber attack

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 - 02:50 GMT

Atlanta's top officials holed up in their offices on Saturday as they worked to restore critical systems knocked out by a nine-day-old cyber attack.

Germany admits Russian hackers infiltrated foreign, defense ministries

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 - 10:41 GMT

The German government admitted on Wednesday that the Foreign and Defense ministries had been infiltrated by Russian hacking group APT28, DW reported.

Interior Ministry says Facebook hacker arrested

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 - 01:17 GMT

The IT sector of the Interior Ministry has arrested a person who hacked 1,134 Facebook accounts

Uber's third-quarter net loss widens to $1.46B: Source

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 - 09:13 GMT

Uber Technologies Inc’s quarterly losses widened, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Iran attacks 9,000 email accounts in parliament

Sat, 14 Oct 2017 - 09:18 GMT

Iran carried out a “brute force” cyberattack on the UK parliament that hit dozens of MPs this summer.

China denies links to alleged cyberattacks in United States

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 - 12:38 GMT

China has denied responsibility for alleged cyberattacks in the United States appearing to target exiled tycoon Guo Wengui.

Copenhagen hospital operator says IT breakdown largely solved

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 - 08:08 GMT

Large parts of the major information technology breakdown the Capital Region of Denmark experienced on Friday had been solved in Copenhagen area.

Russia says in talks with U.S. to create cyber security working group

Thu, 20 Jul 2017 - 12:34 GMT

Moscow and Washington are in talks to create a joint cyber security working group

Germany says cyber threat greater than expected, more firms affected

Sat, 08 Jul 2017 - 12:41 GMT

Germany's BSI federal cyber agency said that the threat posed to German firms by recent cyber attacks launched via a Ukrainian auditing software was greater

Russian security services involved in recent cyber attack

Sat, 01 Jul 2017 - 09:28 GMT

(SBU) said on Saturday that the Russian security services were involved in a recent cyber attack that hit Ukraine

Western tech firms bow to Russian demands to share cyber secrets

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 - 10:23 GMT

Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP , are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets.

Another large-scale cyber attack underway: experts

Wed, 17 May 2017 - 05:51 GMT

Another large-scale, stealthy cyberattack is underway on a scale that could dwarf last week's assault on computers worldwide.

Renault stops production at some sites after cyber attack

Sat, 13 May 2017 - 12:03 GMT

French carmaker Renault stopped production at several sites on Saturday to prevent the spread of a global cyber attack that hit its computer systems.

Egypt among top countries hit by massive ransomware virus

Sat, 13 May 2017 - 11:16 GMT

Egypt was one of the top 20 worst affected countries by massive ransomware cyber-attack, which has spread to countries across the world.

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