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Qatar said Wednesday it had begun an inquiry into an unprecedented security breach by hackers who posted fake news stories attributed to its ruler on highly sensitive regional political issues.
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Qatar said Wednesday its official state news agency was hacked and subsequently carried a “false statement” on sensitive regional topics attributed to the country’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
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Continue reading Qatar’s State News Agency Hacked by ‘Unknown Entity’: Official
Beijing systematically dismantled CIA spying efforts in China beginning in 2010, killing or jailing more than a dozen covert sources, in a deep setback to US intelligence there, The New York Times reported Sunday.
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Continue reading China Killed or Jailed Up to 20 US Spies in 2010-12: Report
North Korea on Friday angrily dismissed reports linking its isolated regime to the global cyberattack that held thousands of computers to virtual ransom.
Up to 300,000 computers in 150 countries were hit by the WannaCry worm, which seizes systems and d… Continue reading North Korea Denies Role in Global Cyberattack
Disney chief Bob Iger said Monday hackers claiming to have access to one of the company’s unreleased movies were demanding a “huge” ransom, according to US media reports.
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Continue reading Disney Blackmailed Over Apparent Movie Hack: Reports
American software giant Microsoft held back from distributing a free security update that could have protected computers from the WannaCry global cyber attack, the Financial Times reported Thursday.
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Continue reading Microsoft Withheld Update That Could Have Slowed WannaCry: Report
The fight against cyberattacks has sparked exponential growth in global protection spending, with the cyber security market estimated at $120 billion this year, more than 30 times its size just over a decade ago.
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Continue reading Cyberattacks Prompt Massive Security Spending Surge
India’s largest restaurant and food delivery app Zomato announced Thursday that the data of 17 million users had been stolen from its database, including names, email addresses and protected passwords.
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Continue reading Hackers Steal 17 Million Users’ Data From Indian Restaurant App Zomato
The Ukrainian presidency said its website had been attacked by Russia in apparent retaliation for Kiev’s decision to block prominent Moscow-based social networks.
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Continue reading Ukraine’s Presidency Says Website Attacked by Russia
An 11-year-old “cyber ninja” stunned an audience of security experts Tuesday by hacking into their bluetooth devices to manipulate a teddy bear and show how interconnected smart toys “can be weaponized”.
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Continue reading Cyber Kid Stuns Experts Showing Toys Can be ‘Weapons’