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UK finance firms told to beef up buffers against CrowdStrike-like events
Financial companies in Britain must prepare to ensure they can deliver business services in "severe but plausible" scenarios, such as a global tech outage, to minimise any impact o...
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Chinese hacking is biggest state cyber threat to Canada, spy agency says
An aggressive Chinese hacking campaign is the most active state cyber threat to Canada, the country's signals intelligence agency said on Wednesday, in the latest warning about cla...
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Data loss prevention firm MIND emerges from 'stealth mode' to raise $11 mln
Cyber firm MIND, which protects sensitive data from leaks, said on Wednesday it raised $11 million in an early funding round as it emerges from so-called "stealth mode" after a yea...
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Trump family, Biden aides among China hack targets, NYT reports
Members of former U.S. President Donald Trump's family and officials from the Biden administration were among those targeted by China-linked hackers who were able to break into tel...
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Eni says its computer systems have not been breached, amid Italy scandal
Eni has not suffered any breach of its computer systems, a spokesman said on Tuesday after Italian police unveiled an investigation into illegal access to state databases to get co...
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Chinese hackers targeted phones used by Trump and Vance, New York Times reports
Chinese hackers who tapped into Verizon's system were targeting phones used by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance, the New York Times repo...
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Hack at UnitedHealth's tech unit impacted 100 mln people, US health dept says
The February hack at UnitedHealth's tech unit Change affected the personal information of 100 million people, the U.S. health department's website showed, making it the largest hea...
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Georgia secretary of state's office says it fended off cyberattack on voting website
The Georgia secretary of state's office said on Wednesday it had fended off a cyberattack aimed at crashing the website the state's voters use to request absentee ballots.
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Iranian hacker group focuses on US election websites, media, ahead of vote, Microsoft says
The report links the group, Cotton Sandstorm, to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Data storage in spotlight of Italian security committee after Intesa breach
Italy's influential parliamentary committee on security will hold a round of hearings on data storage following a major breach at the country's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo , peopl...
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Cybersecurity firm Socket raises $40 mln with backing from Bret Taylor, Jerry Yang
Cybersecurity services provider Socket said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in a mid-stage round from a host of existing and new investors, including OpenAI Chairman Bret Tayl...
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Explainer: What do we know about the data breach at Intesa Sanpaolo?
Prosecutors in the southern Italian city of Bari are investigating an alleged data breach at the country's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo , in which Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's a...
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'G-Shock' watchmaker Casio delays earnings release due to ransomware attack
Japanese watchmaker Casio Computer said on Tuesday it will delay the release of its second-quarter earnings due to the impact of a ransomware attack on its accounting process, to m...
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FBI arrests Alabama man over SEC bitcoin X account hack
A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested on Thursday for hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account earlier this year as part of an alleged conspiracy to manipul...
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Chinese cyber association calls for review of Intel products sold in China
Intel products sold in China should be subject to a security review, the Cybersecurity Association of China (CSAC) said on Wednesday, alleging the U.S. chipmaker has "constantly ha...
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Italy's Intesa said it alerted authorities on security breach after checks
Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo said on Monday it had been able to alert the country data protection authority about the data violation performed by one of its employees only after carryin...
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US lawmakers seek answers from telecoms on Chinese hacking report
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers asked AT&T , Verizon Communications , and Lumen Technologies on Friday to answer questions after a report Chinese hackers accessed the networks...
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India's Star Health probes alleged role of security chief in data leak
India's Star Health is investigating accusations that its chief information security officer played a role in a data leak by a self-styled hacker who used Telegram chatbots and web...
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