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Happy New Year! Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Chinese cyberattack on the U.S. Treasury Department, the latest U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, and a state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago. A ‘Major’ Breach The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday that Chinese state-sponsored actors had hacked into some department […]
The Treasury Department said in a letter to Banking Committee leadership that it was informed of the breach on Dec. 8, but did not clarify when the breach itself occurred. WASHINGTON (CN) — The U.S. Department of the Treasury said on Monday that Chinese-backed hackers had breached its workstations and gained access to unclassified documents […]
For its entire existence as a global medium, the internet’s evolution has been caught in a tug of war, pulled by opposing forces: on one side, moderation and control; on the other, disruption and anarchy. This year, the most prominent actors weighing in on the side of disruption were familiar faces: The reckless oligarchs, cybercriminals, […]
The cyber-attack has not caused any disruptions to flights at Milan’s Linate and Malpensa airports, a spokesperson for SEA, the company which manages them, said. (EPA Images pic) MILAN: Hackers targeted around ten official websites in Italy on Saturday, including the websites of the foreign ministry and Milan’s two airports, putting them out of action […]
Source: The College Investor In today’s world of data breaches, online banking, and online shopping, it’s essential that you take practical steps to keep your financial information secure. Unless you’re an unbanked person, most of your personal and financial information is online. That means it could be accessible to hackers and thieves who can cause […]
The attack on the Bank of Uganda was carried out by a group known as ‘Waste’ based in Southeast Asia, the Kampala-based New Vision reported. By Fred Ojambo, Bloomberg 28 Nov 2024 12:10 Source link
Keep Your iOS Updated Regularly update your iPhone’s operating system. Apple frequently releases security patches to address vulnerabilities. Enable automatic updates for convenience. Use a Strong Passcode Set a complex, alphanumeric passcode instead of a simple 4-digit PIN. Avoid easily guessable combinations like birthdays or sequential numbers. Enable Face ID or Touch ID Utilize biometric […]
If you haven’t changed the password on your Ticketmaster account recently, you probably want to. The online ticket sales company is continuing to deal with the fallout from a data breach earlier this year affecting over 500 million customers, and customers are taking the brunt of impact. Business Insider reported yesterday about a string customers […]
Chinese state-affiliated hackers intercepted audio from the phone calls of US political figures including an unnamed campaign adviser of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, The Washington Post newspaper reported on Sunday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on Friday they were investigating unauthorised access to commercial […]
The Chinese spy operation adds to the growing sense of a melee of foreign digital interference in the election, which has already included Iranian hackers’ attempt to hack and leak emails from the Trump campaign—with limited success—and Russia-linked disinformation efforts across social media. Ahead of the full launch next week of Apple’s AI platform, Apple […]