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Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations disrupted
Hospital operator Ascension reported disruptions to its clinical operations on Wednesday due to a suspected cybersecurity incident and advised business partners to temporarily disc...
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Poland says it was targeted by Russian hacking attack
Poland was targeted by a hacking attack from a Russia-linked group this week, the state-run National Research Institute (NASK) said on Wednesday.
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UK tells tech firms to 'tame algorithms' to protect children
Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok will have to "tame" their algorithms to filter out or downgrade harmful material to help protect children under proposed ...
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US State Dept broadens security vendor list amid Microsoft hacking woes
The U.S. Department of State has been working with a range of security vendors beyond Microsoft since China-linked hackers stole tens of thousands of the department's emails by bre...
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UK and allies unmask and sanction Russian leader of LockBit cybercrime gang
Britain, the U.S. and Australia have sanctioned and unmasked a senior Russian leader of the notorious cybercrime gang LockBit, the British government said on Tuesday.
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US announces sanctions on Russian senior leader of LockBit ransomware group
The United States announced cyber-related sanctions on Russian national Dmitriy Yurevich Khoroshev on Tuesday, who it described as a senior leader of the LockBit ransomware group.
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UK military personnel's data accessed in hack, BBC reports
Some personal information in a payroll system used by Britain's defence department has been accessed in a data breach, the BBC reported on Monday.
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Paris 2024 gearing up to face unprecedented cybersecurity threat
Paris 2024 is getting ready to face an unprecedented challenge in terms of cybersecurity, with organisers expecting a huge pressure on the Games this summer.
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Poland condemns Russian cyberattacks, says has been targeted too
Poland condemned alleged cyberattacks by a Russian group named called APT28 on Germany and Czech Republic saying it had also been targeted.
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Germany summons Russian envoy over alleged cyberspying
Germany summoned the acting representative of the Russian embassy on Friday over a sweeping cyberespionage campaign dating back to 2022 that Berlin blames on Moscow's GRU military ...
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Germany warns of consequences for alleged Russian cyber attack
Russia will face consequences for a cyber attack allegedly orchestrated by a group with ties to its military intelligence, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Friday.
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Ukrainian man sentenced for role in $700 mln ransomware scheme, DOJ says
A Ukrainian man was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison on Wednesday after for his role in conducting over 2,500 ransomware attacks and demanding over $700 million in ...
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Almost all US hospitals took financial hit from Change hack, AHA says
Almost all U.S. hospitals were hurt financially by the cyberattack on United Health Group’s Change Healthcare unit earlier this year, according to a survey from the American Hospit...
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UnitedHealth hackers took advantage of Citrix vulnerabilty to break in, CEO says
Hackers broke into UnitedHealth's tech unit on Feb. 12 by exploiting a security vulnerability in software from private IT company Citrix that allows employees remote access to thei...
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Polish opposition lawmaker's phone was hacked while party was in power, paper reports
A lawmaker from Poland's former ruling party is among 31 people prosecutors have summoned because they were victims of phone hacking while the party was in power, Gazeta Wyborcza d...
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Health conglomerate Kaiser notifies millions of a data breach
U.S. health conglomerate Kaiser is notifying millions of its members of a data breach earlier this month, it reported in a notice posted on Thursday.
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Microsoft-backed Rubrik's stock jumps 21% in NYSE debut
Rubrik's shares climbed nearly 21% in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, giving the Microsoft-backed cybersecurity firm a valuation of $6.77 billion.
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Cisco says hackers subverted its security devices to spy on governments
Technology firm Cisco Systems said that hackers have subverted some of its digital security devices to break in to government networks globally.
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