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...
Officials Say New York School District Hit by Cyber Attack April 28, 2021 An Albany, New York-area school district is investigating a malware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into...
Homeland Security Orders Cyber ‘Sprints’ as Part of U.S. Plan Against Hacks April 1, 2021 By Alyza Sebenius and Shaun Courtney The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is undertaking a series of “sprints” to enhance American cybersecurity in the wake of...
Insurer CNA Reports It Has Been Hit by ‘Sophisticated’ Cyber Attack March 24, 2021 Commercial lines insurer CNA reported that it has sustained a “sophisticated cybersecurity attack” that caused a network disruption and impacted...
Surveillance Camera Hack Exposes Hospitals, Businesses, Schools March 15, 2021 By Matt O'Brien, AP Technology Writer and Frank Bajak Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance say they were able to peer into hospitals, schools,...
New York Issues Letter to Regulated Entities Regarding Microsoft Exchange Breach March 12, 2021 The New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Cybersecurity Division issued a March 9 letter to regulated entities regarding the...
Court Up’holds’ Insurers’ Denial of $6M Crime Claim for Phishing Loss March 1, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Real estate software maker RealPage has been denied a $6 million computer crime insurance coverage claim because the stolen funds...
Senator Says Microsoft Failed to Fix Cloud Software Issue Used by SolarWinds Hackers February 26, 2021 By Joseph Menn Microsoft Corp.’s failure to fix known problems with its cloud software facilitated the massive SolarWinds hack that compromised at least...
Microsoft Exec Calls SolarWinds Hack ‘Largest, Most Sophisticated Attack’ Ever February 16, 2021 By Brad Heath A hacking campaign that used a U.S. tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of U.S. government agencies...
Florida Cyber Attack Raises Alarm Over Security of Water Treatment Plants February 11, 2021 By Tamara Lush, Alan Suderman and Frank Bajak A hacker’s botched attempt to poison the water supply of a small Florida city is raising alarms about just how...