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A breach has compromised the data of 50 million Facebook users

Sep 28, 2018

Data from almost 50 million Facebook users was exposed in a data breach, the social media company said today, according to The New York Times. The company said the vulnerability had been addressed, and law enfo...

Russian hackers infiltrate hundreds of thousands of routers, says FBI

West Side Story

May 28, 2018

Science, World

The FBI said Friday that Russian hackers had infiltrated and infected hundreds of thousands of routers in more than 50 countries, according to a Reuters report. The agency advised owners of several types of rou...

With health services neglected, and security agencies running wild, the vulnerability to Friday’s cyber-attack is unsurprising

West Side Story

May 15, 2017

Health, Opinion, Policy, Science

On Friday, the internet era’s largest and apparently most damaging cyberattack to date infected systems of roughly 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries. Experts said the bulk of the attacks targeted Russia...

Officials say Russia was likely behind Italy foreign ministry hack

West Side Story

Feb 13, 2017

Science, World

Officials in Italy suspect that Russia was behind an ongoing hacking attack on their foreign ministry, which compromised emails for four months before it was detected. One official confirmed that the attack las...

NHS trust faces cyber-attack, patient files could be at risk

West Side Story

Jan 13, 2017

Policy, Science, World

England’s largest NHS trust hospital has fallen victim to a cyber-attack that could compromise thousands of patient files across at least four hospitals. Barts health trust runs five London hospitals, including...

Amidst rising tension, US officials discover code linked to Russian hackers at Vermont utility company

West Side Story

Jan 2, 2017

Policy, Science, World

US officials said Saturday that computer code associated with Russian hackers was found at a Vermont utility company. The news immediately followed Obama’s announcement of sanctions against Russia in response t...

Russian hackers take brazen approach to World Anti-Doping Agency leak

West Side Story

Sep 17, 2016

Science, World

This past Tuesday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was breached by hackers who leaked the records of a number of American athletes. The WADA identified the hackers as the “Fancy Bears international hack tea...

Cyber attack creates temporary disruption in Hawaii’s thirty meter telescope website

Cody Gash

Apr 27, 2015

Innovation

Hawaii – Cyber attack temporarily created disturbance in the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) main website located on the Mauna Kea peak of Hawaii’s Big Island. According to the authorities, the attack disrupted th...

19,000 French websites hacked since Paris terror attacks

Charles Omedo

Jan 15, 2015

World

France’s cyber-defense chief, Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere, has announced that about 19,000 French websites have been hacked by cyber-terrorists since the Charlie Hebdo attacks left almost 20 people dead earlier la...

Sony Pictures Entertainment suffers a cyber attack on day 2

Siddhant Ghatge

Nov 26, 2014

Innovation

Sony Pictures was hit by a hack, due to which the employees had to shut their computers on Monday. On the second day too, they remain shut. The online cyber attack has made the employees at Culver City studio u...

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