Cyber Ransom Payments Set a Bad Precedent But Happen Often May 14, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Michael Riley The U.S. government’s fight to choke off ransom payments collected by hackers hit a major snag Thursday, following news that...
Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom: Bloomberg May 13, 2021 By William Turton, Michael Riley and Jennifer Jacobs Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on Friday, contradicting reports earlier this week that the...
How U.S. Plans to Protect Power Grid From Foreign Hackers April 21, 2021 By Michael Riley and Jamie Tarabay The White House unveiled on Tuesday a 100-day plan intended to protect the U.S. power grid from cyber-attacks, mainly by...
White House Rushes to Strengthen Security of U.S. Power Grid as Hacking Threats Grow April 15, 2021 By Shaun Courtney and Michael Riley A White House plan to rapidly shore up the security of the U.S. power grid will begin with a 100-day...
Russia-Based Hackers Plan New Wave of Attacks Against U.S. Hospitals: Security Firm November 2, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius, William Turton and Michael Riley A Russia-based ransomware group responsible for a new wave of attacks against U.S. hospitals is laying the groundwork to cripple...
Hackers Target SE Asian Banks, Revealing Campaign Against SWIFT Network May 27, 2016 By Alan Katz and Michael Riley Investigators are examining possible computer breaches at as many as 12 banks linked to SWIFT’s global payments network that have...
Investigation of $81M Bangladesh Bank Heist Uncovers 3 Hacker Groups: Sources May 11, 2016 By Arun Devnath and Michael Riley Investigators examining the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank have uncovered evidence of three hacking groups — including...
Corporations Warned Not to Hack Back December 31, 2014 By Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley The hacked are itching to hack back. So say a dozen security specialists and former law enforcement officials who described...
JPMorgan Hackers May Have Hit Multiple Financial Firms October 9, 2014 By Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley The hackers who raided the data banks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. used computers now linked to possible attacks on...
Home Depot Breach Tied to Bank Account Fraud, Reports WSJ September 23, 2014 By Chris Strohm and Michael Riley Home Depot Inc.’s data breach, which put about 56 million payment cards at risk, has fed fraudulent transactions that in...