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Italy's Leonardo sees double-digit growth in cyber sector in next years
Leonardo sees double-digit growth in its cyber-security business over the coming years, Chief Executive Roberto Cingolani said on Tuesday, confirming the defence group's focus on t...
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Home security firm ADT Inc reports unauthorized activity on its network
Home security firm ADT Inc said on Monday an unauthorized actor had illegally accessed its network using credentials obtained through a third-party business partner.
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Russian state media company hit by unprecedented cyberattack, Kremlin says
Russian state media company VGTRK has been targeted in an unprecedented cyberattack, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, saying that specialists were working hard to de...
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Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap systems, WSJ reports
Chinese hackers accessed the networks of U.S. broadband providers and obtained information from systems that the federal government uses for court-authorized wiretapping, the Wall ...
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UK's nuclear waste unit Sellafield fined for cyber security failings
Britain's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) fined nuclear waste processing Sellafield Ltd 332,500 pounds ($440,795) for cyber security shortfalls over a four year period, it said...
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US charges British man over 'hack-to-trade' scheme
A British man has been arrested and charged by U.S. authorities with hacking into the computers of five companies to obtain details about their expected earnings, and making $3.75 ...
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US imposes fresh Russia- and cyber-related sanctions
The United States imposed sanctions on Russian Sergey Sergeevich Ivanov and cryptocurrency firm Cryptex, based in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines but operating in Russia, the Trea...
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India's Star Health sues Telegram after hacker uses app's chatbots to leak data
Top Indian insurer Star Health has sued Telegram and a self-styled hacker after Reuters reported that the hacker was using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and m...
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China urges netizens to be vigilant against Taiwanese cyberattacks
A Taiwanese hacking group called Anonymous 64 has been carrying out cyberattacks against targets in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, China's national security ministry said on ...
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Ukraine bans official use of Telegram app over fears of Russian spying
Telegram is heavily used in both Ukraine and Russia and has become a critical source of information since the Russian invasion.
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Exclusive: Hacker uses Telegram chatbots to leak data of top Indian insurer Star Health
Stolen customer data including medical reports from India's biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, weeks after Telegram's founder was...
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US FBI disrupts second Chinese hacking group, director says
U.S. law enforcement has disrupted a second major Chinese hacking group nicknamed "Flax Typhoon," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday, wresting thousands of compromised...
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'Ghost' cybercrime platform dismantled in global operation, 51 arrested
An international law enforcement operation has dismantled an encrypted communication platform, known as Ghost, notorious for enabling large-scale drug trafficking and money launder...
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23andMe settles data breach lawsuit for $30 million
23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 milli...
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BT spots 2,000 potential attacks on its network a second
Britain's BT said it was spotting 2,000 signals of potential cyber-attacks across its network every second, as criminals were increasingly using disposable "bots" to try to evade e...
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Cyberattacks on US utilities surged 70% this year, says Check Point
U.S. utilities faced a near 70% jump in cyberattacks this year over the same period in 2023, according to data from Check Point Research, underlining the escalating threat to a cri...
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New Portuguese government to keep ban on Chinese 5G equipment
Portugal's centre-right government will keep the previous administration's ban on telecoms firms using Chinese equipment in their 5G networks, a minister said, despite the projecte...
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Microsoft hosting cybersecurity summit after global IT outage
Microsoft will hold a summit on Tuesday to discuss steps to improve cybersecurity systems, after a faulty software update from CrowdStrike caused a global IT outage in July.
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