“Canada said on Tuesday that its research and technology agency recently experienced a cyberattack by ‘a highly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored actor’ that forced the department to take the extraordinary step of rebuilding its entire information technology infrastructure.” Source: Cana...
“Hackers and other cyber criminals on the prowl are wreaking havoc in Kenya, threatening to turn the East African country’s dream of launching an e-government into a nightmare.” Source: How Anonymous and other hacktivists are waging war on Kenya – The Washington Post Via OODA Loop...
“The protection measures for a database used for serving the public website of the European Central Bank (ECB) have been bypassed, the intruder(s) stealing contact information of individuals registered for different events. The announcement, which has come out today, informs that the intruders hav...
“Hackers gained access to two Twitter Inc. accounts used by the Kenyan military and posted declarations of war against Israel, criticism of the country’s president and drug references. “ Source: Kenyan Military Twitter Accounts Hijacked by Anti-Israel Hackers – Bloomberg Via OODA Loop...
“A 17-year-old boy from Bergen on Norway’s west coast has been arrested and charged for a massive cyber attack earlier this week that crippled the websites of major banks, airlines, telecoms and finance firms. He had also impersonated the hacker group Anonymous Norway, claiming it was behind the...
“The Justice Department has charged the owner of a Chinese aviation technology company with stealing reams of information from U.S. defense contractors about key American technology—the latest in an effort to criminally prosecute what American officials allege is rampant Chinese industrial espio...
“Chinese hackers in March broke into the computer networks of the United States government agency that houses the personal information of all federal employees, according to senior American officials. They appeared to be targeting the files on tens of thousands of employees who have applied for to...
“Hundreds of American women are being ensnared by Internet scammers based in Malaysia, with some losing over a quarter of a million dollars, as the country becomes an epicenter for online crime perpetrated by Africans, U.S. officials say. The mostly Nigerian conmen, who enter Malaysia on student v...