Joseph Sipalan reports: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday that hackers demanded a US$10 million ransom for a cyberattack that paralysed some operations at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) over the weekend, raising concerns about the airport’s cybersecurity and potential risks to travellers’ safety. Anwar confirmed that Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), which operates the…
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
This is an absolutely mind-boggling breach. How could no one looking at the list of participants in a Signal chat not question what a reporter was doing in a war plans chat? Jeffrey Goldberg reports: The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi…
Ukrainian Railways hit by ‘large-scale, targeted cyberattack’
Martin Fornusek reports: Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) was the target of a large-scale and sophisticated cyberattack, the company said on March 24, adding that the restoration of all systems is ongoing. “Ukrzaliznytsia’s online systems have been subjected to a large-scale, targeted cyberattack,” the state railway operator said in a statement. The company’s website and application became…
Over 3 million applicants’ data leaked on NYU’s website
Dharma Niles, Krish Dev and Yezen Saadah report: A hacker took over NYU’s website for at least two hours Saturday morning to expose over 3 million applicants’ names, test scores, majors and zip codes, as well as information related to family members and financial aid dating back to at least 1989. The university’s website was…
Trump Administration Begins Shifting Cyberattack Response to States
Angus Loten and James Rundle report: The Trump administration wants state and local governments to play a bigger role in protecting water utilities, ports and other critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. In an executive order signed Tuesday, President Trump directed White House senior security advisers to draw up a national resilience plan to protect critical infrastructure…
Union County’s computer network breached, personal information accessed
John Beauge reports: Personal information including Social Security numbers may be at risk as the result of unauthorized access and acquisition of data stored on a Pennsylvania county’s computer network. “We determined that the cyber criminals took certain data from our network, which included personally identifiable information,” the Union County commissioners revealed Friday. “The affected…