Category Archives: Los Angeles Times

Cloud Hosting Provider DataResolution.net Battling Christmas Eve Ransomware Attack

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Cloud hosting provider Dataresolution.net is struggling to bring its systems back online after suffering a ransomware infestation on Christmas Eve, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The company says its systems were hit by the Ryuk ransomware, the same malware strain that crippled printing and delivery operations for multiple major U.S. newspapers over the weekend. Continue reading Cloud Hosting Provider DataResolution.net Battling Christmas Eve Ransomware Attack→

Serial SWATter Tyler “SWAuTistic” Barriss Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter

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Tyler Raj Barriss, a 25-year-old serial “swatter” whose phony emergency call to Kansas police last month triggered a fatal shooting, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and faces up to eleven years in prison. Continue reading Serial SWATter Tyler “SWAuTistic” Barriss Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter→

DNI: Putin Led Cyber, Propaganda Effort to Elect Trump, Denigrate Clinton

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Russian President Vladimir Putin directed a massive propaganda and cyber attack operation aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton and getting Donald Trump elected, the top U.S. intelligence agencies said in a remarkable yet unshocking report released on Friday. Continue reading DNI: Putin Led Cyber, Propaganda Effort to Elect Trump, Denigrate Clinton→