Trump Order Allows Government to Block Use of U.S. Cloud Services in Foreign Countries January 21, 2021 By Jamie Tarabay On his last full day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order the White House said was aimed...
Suspected Russian Hack of U.S. Government: Espionage or Act of War? December 21, 2020 By Jan Wolfe and Brendan Pierson The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers, with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin...
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...
Cyber Security Top Concern for Businesses in ‘Age of Risk:’ Marsh & McLennan’s Glaser November 17, 2020 By Alwyn Scott Cyber security has emerged as the most pressing exposure for business confronting a new “age of risk,” topping the coronavirus...
Twitter Security Failure Prompts Call for Regulating Internet Giants as Systemic Risks October 14, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Twitter Inc. suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a “simple” hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the...
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...
U.S. Charges Uber’s Ex-Security Chief With Deliberately Concealing 2016 Hacking August 21, 2020 By Joseph Menn and Jonathan Stempel In an unprecedented case, a former chief security officer for Uber Technologies was criminally charged on Thursday with trying to...
Cable Appointed Chief of New Data Privacy and Security Division in Mass. AG’s Office August 14, 2020 Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has announced the creation of the Data Privacy and Security Division within her office to...
China-Backed Hackers ‘Targeted’ COVID-19 Vaccine Firm Moderna, Reuters Reports July 31, 2020 By Christopher Bing and Marisa Taylor Chinese government-linked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna Inc., a U.S.-based coronavirus vaccine research developer, this year in a bid to...
Twitter Offers Some Details on How Hackers Accessed Data July 20, 2020 Twitter Inc. said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in...