Author Archives: Associated Press
Wray: FBI Blocked Planned Cyberattack on Children’s Hospital
The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children’s hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday.
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Cyber Agency: Voting Software Vulnerable in Some States
Electronic voting machines from a leading vendor used in at least 16 states have software vulnerabilities that leave them susceptible to hacking if unaddressed, the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency says in an advisory sent to state election offici… Continue reading Cyber Agency: Voting Software Vulnerable in Some States
Costa Rica Public Health System Targeted by Ransomware
Another attempted hacking of a Costa Rican government agency’s computer system led the country’s public health agency to shut down its systems Tuesday to protect itself, complicating the medical care of thousands of people.
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Twitter to Pay $150M Penalty Over Privacy of Users’ Data
Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span.
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DC Sues Zuckerberg Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Breach
The District of Columbia on Monday sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold him personally liable for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a privacy breach of millions of Facebook users’ personal data that became a major corporate and political sca… Continue reading DC Sues Zuckerberg Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Breach
Breach Exposed Data of Half-Million Chicago Students, Staff
The personal information of more than half a million Chicago Public Schools students and staff was compromised in a ransomware attack last December, but the vendor didn’t report it to the district until last month, officials said.
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Pro-Russian Hackers Spread Hoaxes to Divide Ukraine, Allies
As Ukrainians flooded into Poland earlier this year to flee Russian invaders, a hacking group aligned with the Kremlin sought to spread rumors that criminal gangs were waiting to harvest the organs of child refugees.
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