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Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were made vulnerable in a massive state data breach could cost Missouri as much as $50 million, the governor’s office confirmed Tuesday.
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Continue reading Missouri Budget Officials Outline $50M Cost of Data Breach
Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates dozens of TV stations across the U.S., said Monday that some of its servers and work stations were encrypted with ransomware and that data was stolen from its network.
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Continue reading Sinclair Hit by Ransomware Attack, TV Stations Disrupted
Three months after creation of a commission to identify cybersecurity risks in state government, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has yet to appoint any members. A state lawmaker said Friday that vulnerabilities exposed on a state website prove the need for j… Continue reading Missouri Governor Urged to Appoint Cybersecurity Panel
Customers of Ecuador’s largest bank continued to experience service disruptions on Friday following a cyberattack on the institution several days earlier.
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Continue reading Cyberattack Disrupts Services at Ecuador’s Largest Bank
South Korea said Friday it’s asked Interpol for help to arrest two foreigners it alleges played a leading role in cyberattacks and large-scale extortion that targeted South Korean and U.S. companies.
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Continue reading S Korea Seeks Interpol Notice for Two Cyber Gang Leaders
Russia, which hosts many of the criminal syndicates behind ransomware attacks around the world was not invited to an international counter-ransomware event
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Continue reading US Talks Global Cybersecurity Without a Key Player: Russia
Most Americans across party lines have serious concerns about cyberattacks on U.S. computer systems and view China and Russia as major threats, according to a new poll.
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Continue reading Cyberattacks Concerning to Most in US: Pearson/AP-NORC Poll
The CIA said Thursday it will create a top-level working group on China as part of a broad U.S. government effort focused on countering Beijing’s influence.
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Continue reading CIA Creates Working Group on China as Threats Keep Rising
Russia accounted for most state-sponsored hacking detected by Microsoft over the past year, with a 58% share, mostly targeting government agencies and think tanks in the United States, followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO members, the company… Continue reading Microsoft: Russia Behind 58% of Detected State-Backed Hacks
The Justice Department is poised to sue government contractors and other companies who receive U.S. government grants if they fail to report breaches of their cyber systems, the department’s No. 2 official said Wednesday.
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Continue reading US Poised to Go After Contractors Who Don’t Report Breaches