U.S. Charges 3 North Koreans in $1.3B Hacking of Banks, Sony, Others February 18, 2021 By Mark Hosenball, Raphael Satter and Sarah N. Lynch The United States has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a massive hacking spree aimed at stealing more than...
How Dominance of One Management Software Became Cyber Liability for U.S. December 16, 2020 By Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn On an earnings call two months ago, SolarWinds Chief Executive Kevin Thompson touted how far the company had gone during...
Suspected Russian Cyber Espionage Has U.S. Government, Businesses Scrambling December 15, 2020 By Joseph Menn, Raphael Satter and Jack Stubbs The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and thousands of businesses scrambled Monday to investigate and respond to a sweeping hacking...
IBM Warns COVID Vaccine ‘Cold Chain’ Process Has Been Targeted by Hackers December 4, 2020 By Raphael Satter IBM is sounding the alarm over hackers targeting companies critical to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a sign that digital...
Hackers-for-Hire Group Targets Officials, Activists, Executives in Middle East October 7, 2020 By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists and Indian business executives have been among those targeted by a group of hired hackers, according...
Coordinated Twitter Hacking Raises Concerns About Platform’s Security July 16, 2020 By Joseph Menn and Raphael Satter The extraordinary hacking spree that hit Twitter on Wednesday, leading it to briefly muzzle some of its most widely followed...
FBI Says Foreign Government Hackers Target Coronavirus Treatment Research April 17, 2020 By Raphael Satter A senior FBI cybersecurity official said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into institutions conducting research into treatments...
Attorney General Barr: Should Tech Giants Still Be Free From Liability for Content? February 20, 2020 By Nandita Bose and Raphael Satter U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday questioned whether Facebook, Google and other major online platforms still need the immunity...
North Korean Hackers Found Partnering With Eastern European Cyber Criminals December 12, 2019 By Raphael Satter North Korean state-backed hackers appear to be cooperating with Eastern European cybercriminals, a report said on Wednesday, a finding that...
Ransomware Hackers Demand $5M from Mexico State Oil Firm Pemex November 13, 2019 By Adriana Barrera and Raphael Satter Hackers demanded about $5 million in bitcoin from Mexico’s Pemex, they told Reuters on Tuesday, saying the state oil firm...