Section: Cyberwar and security
New wave of ransom threats seen in unprecedented global attack – Bloomberg
An unrivaled global cyber-attack is poised to continue claiming victims Monday as people return to work and turn on their desktop computers, even as hospitals and other facilities gained the upper hand against the first wave, according to Bloomberg. More than 200,000 computers in at least 150 countries have so far been infected, according to...
Suspected Russia-backed hackers target Baltic energy networks
Suspected Russia-backed hackers have launched exploratory cyber attacks against the energy networks of the Baltic states, sources said, raising security concerns inside the West`s main military alliance, NATO, according to Reuters. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, all members of NATO and the European Union, are on the political front line of...
British foreign secretary Boris Johnson believes Russia will try to hack UK election
There is a ”realistic possibility” Russia might try to interfere in Britain`s national election next month, according to Boris Johnson, British foreign secretary, Newsweek reported citing Johnson`s interview with The Telegraph. Johnson also said Russian president Vladimir Putin would ”rejoice” if Jeremy Corbyn`s Labour party won the June 8...
Killswitch found to stop spread of ransomware cyberattack
An ”accidental hero” has halted the global spread of the WannaCry ransomware, reportedly by spending a few dollars on registering a domain name hidden in the malware, The Guardian reports. As the ransomware wreaked havoc worldwide, affecting big companies and government agencies worldwide, a UK cybersecurity researcher tweeting...
WikiLeaks finds Russian trace in hacker attack on headquarters of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron
Data indicating a Russian citizen has been found in the metadata of hacked emails of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron`s campaign headquarters, according to WikiLeaks` Twitter account. ”#MacronLeaks: name of an employee for Russian government security contractor Evrika appears nine times in metadata for ”xls_cendric.rar” leak...
Macron campaign was target of cyber attacks by GRU-linked hackers – Reuters
The campaign of Emmanuel Macron, the favorite to win France`s presidential election, has been targeted by a cyber espionage group linked by some experts to the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, according to Reuters. Feike Hacquebord, a researcher with security firm Trend Micro said he had found evidence that the spy group, dubbed ”Pawn...
Russia hacked Danish defence for two years – Denmark`s defence minister
Russia has hacked the Danish defence and gained access to employees` emails in 2015 and 2016, NATO member Denmark`s defence minister told newspaper Berlingske on Sunday, according to Reuters. The report comes at a time when several Western governments, including the United States, France and Britain, have accused Russia of resorting to hacking to...
Russian government think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election – documents
A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters` faith in the American electoral system, three current and four former U.S. officials told Reuters. They described two confidential documents from the think tank as providing the framework...
Ukraine to launch big blockchain deal with tech firm Bitfury
Ukraine has partnered with global technology company the Bitfury Group to put a sweeping range of government data on a blockchain platform, the firm`s chief executive officer told Reuters, in a project he described as probably the largest of its kind anywhere. Bitfury, a blockchain company with offices in the United States and overseas, will...
Russian programmer reportedly suspected in U.S. election hacking arrested in Spain
A Russian computer programmer, Pyotr Levashov, has been arrested in the Spanish city of Barcelona, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Madrid said on Sunday, according to The Age. It was unclear why Levashov was arrested. The embassy spokesman declined to give details for his arrest, and Spanish police and the interior ministry were not...
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