UK water supplier, South Staffordshire PLC, suffered a Clop ransomware attack during one of the country’s worst droughts, with the gang mistakenly identifying another water utility as the victim.
Ukraine argues that Russian cyber attacks that target civilians via infrastructure impacts are coordinated with kinetic military attacks, and should be classified as war crimes.
Russia's current conflict with Ukraine is so far playing out with cyber attacks rather than physical warfare. A series of defacement attacks on government websites appears to be the opening salvo.
A cyber attack that disrupted international satellite internet and TV provider Viasat is being investigated by a tandem of global intelligence services, with Russia as the lead suspect.
Ukraine warns of Russian plans for massive cyber attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure to slow down the counteroffensive and those of Kyiv's allies in retaliation for support.
Ukrainian hackers suspected of hijacking 100 million Instagram accounts for sale were arrested and charged with disrupting information systems, which carries 15 years in prison.
UN suffered a major data breach from unpatched SharePoint vulnerability that compromised staff information, commercial contract data, and health insurance data on 42 servers in 3 branches.
The UN’s aviation agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), suffered a data breach that leaked the personal information of nearly 12,000 job applicants.
Despite receiving a raucous round of applause upon its adoption, the UN cybercrime convention's new treaty seems to thus far have displeased most of the entire spectrum of private interests.
Recent New York Times report sheds light on how companies are using smartphone tracking technology to collect, analyze, and resell location data to advertisers and marketing technology.
