Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman, and Jonathan Swans report: Chinese hackers intent on collecting intelligence on the United States gained access to government email accounts, Microsoft disclosed on Tuesday night. The attack was targeted, according to a person briefed on the intrusion into the government networks, with the hackers going after specific accounts rather than…
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Russian hackers lured embassy workers in Ukraine with ad for a cheap BMW
James Pearson reports: Hackers suspected of working for Russia’s foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine with a fake used car advert in a bid to break into their computers, according to a cybersecurity firm report published on Wednesday. The wide-reaching espionage activity targeted diplomats working in at least 22 of…
Why gay furry hackers are leaking state government documents
Hacktivism is still a thing, of course, perhaps even more so these days with all the political conflicts in within and between countries and religions. If you’ve been wondering about a group describing themselves as “gay, furry hackers,” Sofia Mahirova has a write-up about them: Earlier this month, SiegedSec, the group of self-described “gay and…
Trinidad and Tobago facing outages after cyberattack
Jonathan Greig reports: Trinidad and Tobago’s justice department is dealing with a cyberattack that has impacted the ministry’s operations. The island nation of more than 1.4 million people announced on Friday that its Ministry of Digital Transformation discovered a cyberattack targeting the country’s Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs (AGLA) in…
Jackson Township, Ohio hit by digital security ‘incident.’
Amy Knapp and Steven Grazier report: The township government has been hit by an unspecified computer network “incident” that’s been affecting the function of multiple systems. Administrator and Law Director Mike Vaccaro said in a prepared statement Friday afternoon that officials are working with external cybersecurity experts to work through the problem. An investigation has also been launched…
Tracy Resident Charged With Computer Attack On Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility
Here’s your reminder for today of the insider threat: OAKLAND – A federal grand jury has indicted Rambler Gallo, charging him with intentionally causing damage to a protected computer after he allegedly accessed the computer network for the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility, located in the Town of Discovery Bay, Calif., and intentionally uninstalled the…