Cybercrime
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brandon wales
Colonial Pipeline Pays Hackers $5 Million to Get Its Groove Back
Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP (Getty Images) About a week ago, Colonial Pipeline apparently paid the ransomware group DarkSide approximately…
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Colonial Pipeline Is Coming Back on as Gas Shortage Ramps Up
A gas station in Atlanta, Georgia, that was out of gas on Tuesday.Photo: Ben Margot (AP) Large swathes of the…
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Senate Cyber Hawk Calls for ‘Criminal Penalties’ for Negligent CEOs
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chair of the Senate Finance Committee, prepares the panel for a vote on Xavier Becerra, President…
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A Hacker Gang Was Trying to Extort D.C. Police for $4 Million
Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP (Getty Images) A ransomware gang, Babuk Locker, has been attempting to extort the Metropolitan Police Department in…
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Colonial Oil Pipeline Cyberattack Threatens East Coast Fuel
Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images) Over the weekend, a cyberattack by the Russia-based ransomware gang DarkSide managed to hamstring…
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You Should Definitely Update Your Dell Computer Right Now
A flaw dating back to 2009 enables access to Dell and Alienware computers through faulty drivers. Photo: Sam Rutherford /…
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Your Old Phone Number Could Get You Hacked, Researchers Say
Photo: STR/AFP (Getty Images) When you get a new phone number, mobile carriers will often “recycle” your old one—assigning it…
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Hackers Leak Data on D.C. Cops as Part of Extortion Scheme
Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) In an attempt to extort some unknown amount of money out of the D.C. Metropolitan…
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business finance
Passwordstate Hacked, Exposing Users’ Passwords for 28 Hours
Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) Passwordstate, the enterprise password manager offered by Australian software developer Click Studios, was hacked earlier…
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REvil Claims to Have Stolen Apple Product Designs
Photo: Eric Thayer (Getty Images) Cybercriminals claim to have stolen blueprints for some of Apple’s newest products and are now…
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