Rowers of the coming Oxbridge Boat Race are warned not to jump into the River Thames. It comes as new data reveals the extent of sewerage released into British waterways. We discuss the security implications for voters after Beijing’s cyber hack on 40 million people’s personal data. Threats of a mass shooting and bomb attack […]
Pharmacies across the United States were suffering outages as a health technology company reported that it was the target of a cyberattack. Change Healthcare, which handles patient payments and orders for pharmacies around the nation, confirmed in a statement on Thursday afternoon that it noticed a cybersecurity incident impacting its networks, according to its website. […]
CHICAGO—A large children’s hospital in Chicago remains hobbled by a cyberattack that began more than a week ago, cutting doctors and nurses off from digital patient records and limiting parents’ ability to communicate with their kids’ caregivers. Officials at Lurie Children’s Hospital said Thursday that they are still working with the FBI and other law […]
In December, cyber attacks hit several water utilities. Among them was the tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania. It supplies water to only around 20,000 people. Federal authorities at the time said Iranian-backed hackers targeted a piece of equipment specifically because it was made in Israel. “If you told me to list 10 things that […]
Multiple federal agencies are warning that Iran-linked hackers have been targeting U.S. water systems and other industries that use programmable-logic controllers (PLC) made by an Israeli firm Unitronics, as the Israel-Hamas war simmers in the background. Hackers affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have engaged in “malicious cyber activity” targeting the PLC operational […]
KINGSTON, N.Y.—Two New York hospitals that were hit with a cyberattack have resumed admitting emergency patients after shutting down their computer systems to investigate, hospital officials said. Ambulances were diverted from HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston and the affiliated Margaretville Hospital in Margaretville last week due to a cyberattack, which hit those two facilities as well […]
The fallout from last week’s alleged Chinese hack against the U.S. is far from over. With over 25 U.S. government email systems breached, new developments reveal that even email accounts of top American diplomats have reportedly fallen victim.
The Senate is backing a measure to bar sales of U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves to Beijing. The latest development in a Chinese hacking incident involves the targeting of specific U.S. email accounts. Are Chinese self-driving cars collecting American data? Lawmakers are pressing for answers. Plus, the real story of NTD’s founding. Websites were attacked, advertisers […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that hackers have targeted it as part of a global cyberattack that exploited a software flaw. In a statement to news outlets Thursday, the agency said that “no HHS systems or networks were compromised,” adding that “attackers gained access to data by exploiting the vulnerability in […]
BOSTON—In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft’s flagship office suite—including the Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps—and cloud computing platform. A shadowy hacktivist group claimed responsibility, saying it flooded the sites with junk traffic in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Initially reticent to name the cause, Microsoft has now disclosed that DDoS attacks […]
A Russian hacker has been arrested and charged for allegedly deploying malicious software to dozens of computers and launching cyberattacks against multiple businesses in the United States and abroad. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 20, of the Russian-controlled Chechen Republic, was arrested and charged in Arizona on June 15 with conspiring to commit wire fraud and conspiring to intentionally damage […]
MADRID—A ransomware cyberattack on one of Barcelona’ s main hospitals has crippled the center’s computer system and forced the cancellation of 150 non-urgent operations and up to 3,000 patient checkups, officials said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona shut down computers at the facility’s laboratories, emergency room and pharmacy at three […]
Heavy rain and wind storms hit hard in coastal Santa Cruz County. The region’s beloved Capitola Wharf pier was split in half by the 25-foot crashing waves. Crews are now clearing mudslides and damage following the storms that swept through the state. Some areas are already reopened. The state reported increased arson arrests over recent […]
A network of three hospitals in Brooklyn, New York, has had to work off paper charts for weeks following a cyberattack on its computer systems in late November, the hospital group’s chief executive told CNN Monday. The hack affected “clinical applications,” including “those used for imaging and other critical services,” but many of those applications […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. government on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran’s intelligence agency and its leadership in response to malicious cyberattacks on Albanian government computer systems in July. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Esmail Khatib, who heads the ministry, for what it said were cyber-related activities […]
Warfare isn’t just missiles and military drills. Cyberattacks also go hand in hand. A form of what’s called cognitive warfare, they appear to be among the Chinese Communist Party’s top choices in its toolbox. According to a Taiwan official, the island’s government, military, and businesses have suffered nearly 300 cyberattacks in a matter of a […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—One of Iran’s major steel companies said Monday it was forced to halt production after being hit by a cyberattack that also targeted two other plants, apparently marking one of the biggest such assaults on the country’s strategic industrial sector in recent memory. The Iranian government did not acknowledge the disruption or […]
The head of the FBI says Iranian government-backed hackers were behind an attempted hack last year. It was on the computer network of Boston Children’s hospital. Christopher Wray says the FBI was able to help thwart the hackers before they damaged the computer network. But he says it’s an example of the potential high-impact hacking threats […]
The FBI’s Cyber Division issued a warning about potential cyberattacks on agricultural cooperatives and food plants amid increasing media coverage of recent fires and explosions at food processing plants across the United States. “Ransomware actors may be more likely to attack agricultural cooperatives during critical planting and harvest seasons, disrupting operations, causing financial loss, and […]
