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Last Friday at 8am, a computer operator at a water treatment plant in Florida noticed the cursor moving across his screen as if being controlled by an invisible hand. The operator assumed that, as often happened at the plant, which provides drinking water to the small city of Oldsmar (population 14,600), it was just his … Read more
British cyber gang ‘stole large amounts from US sports and music stars and posed as them online after accessing their phones and taking over their accounts’ British gang stole money, bitcoin and personal information from US celebrities It also hacked into the social media accounts of the victims to post content Eight suspects, between 18 … Read more
North Korea continued its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes throughout 2020 in violation of international sanctions and funded them with £220m ($300m) stolen through cyber hacks, according to a confidential United Nations report. Kim Jong-un’s regime ‘produced fissile material, maintained nuclear facilities and upgraded its ballistic missile infrastructure’ while continuing to seek material and technology … Read more
‘Go back home you IDIOTS!’: Cyber renegade hacks into traffic system and changes road message to warn drivers they are ‘meant to be in lockdown’ Staffordshire Council investigating cyberattack on Burton-on-trent’s system An electronic sign in the town read: ‘We are supposed to be in lockdown!’ After a complaint from Karen Banks on Facebook the … Read more
‘Go back home you IDIOTS!’: Cyber renegade hacks into traffic system and changes road message to warn drivers they are ‘meant to be in lockdown’ Staffordshire Council investigating cyberattack on Burton-on-trent’s system An electronic sign in the town read: ‘We are supposed to be in lockdown!’ After a complaint from Karen Banks on Facebook the … Read more
A team of North Korean computer hackers used a fake website to hack other hackers, Google has revealed. Google said the Pyongyang-backed hackers lured computer security researchers to a blog site about hacking using fake social media profiles and then used clandestine methods to infect their computers in order to extract information. The search engine … Read more
Hackers breach Foreign Office computers in cyber attack on Government countryside outpost Hackers targeted Wilton Park, a government agency operating out of mansion No evidence they have stolen any data but the outpost’s is increasing security Sources said National Cyber Security Centre was called in to help investigate By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 22:35 … Read more
A cybersecurity adviser says he warned SolarWinds of a potential ‘catastrophic’ attack if the company didn’t amp up internal security measures and the firm’s move to Eastern Europe may have exposed it to the massive Russian hack. In late December it was revealed that the sprawling cyber-espionage attack led by state-backed Russian hackers affected more … Read more
The Block has been rocked by its biggest ever scandal, after a mysterious buyer was accused of failing to pay for the home she won at auction in November. At the centre of the controversy is cyber security expert Emese Abigail Fajk, a 28-year-old woman who bid a whopping $4.2million on Tam and Jimmy’s home before … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden slammed President Donald Trump for the recently revealed cyber attack, saying it happened on his predecessor’s watch. ‘His failure will land on my door step,’ Biden said Tuesday of the suspected Russian hack. ‘The attackers succeeded at catching the federal government off guard and unprepared.’ He accused the president of failing to … Read more