Dutchman arrested in Spain for ‘biggest ever’ cyberattack
A Dutchman has been arrested in Spain in connection with last month’s unprecedented cyberattack that reportedly slowed down the Internet, the Dutch prosecution service said.
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NKorea denies cyberattack on SKorean companies
North Korea has denied involvement in a cyberattack that shut down nearly 50,000 computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks last month.
South Korea says North Korea behind computer crash in March
South Korea says an initial investigation has found that North Korean government agents were behind a March cyberattack that shut down about 32,000 computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks.
South Korea: Chinese address source of attack
South Korea says an initial investigation shows a Chinese Internet address was the source of a cyberattack on one of the companies shut down by computer crashes.
Experts suspect North behind SKorea computer crash
A cyberattack caused computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters to crash simultaneously Wednesday, paralyzing bank machines across the country and prompting speculation of North Korean involvement.
South Korean banks, media report network crash
Computer networks of several major South Korea broadcasters and banks have been paralyzed. Police and government agencies are investigating what appears to be a cyberattack.
Sony fined in UK over PlayStation cyberattack
Britain’s Data Regulator has fined Sony 250,000 pounds ($396,100) for having insufficient security measures to prevent a cyberattack on its PlayStation Network.
Reuters says blogging platform hacked
The Reuters news agency said Friday that one of its websites had been hacked and used to disseminate fake stories about Syria’s rebel movement, the latest cyberattack to strike a media organization covering the country’s civil war.
WikiLeaks faces cyberattack over more leaked diplomatic cables
SAN FRANCISCO – Controversial anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks said Tuesday it was fending off a cyberattack after being lambasted for releasing more supposedly confidential US diplomatic cables. “WikiLeaks.org is presently under cyberattack,” the organization said in a terse message on microblogging service Twitter. The message provided a link to a cablegatesearch.net website where digital copies of the political [...]
Sony PlayStation network users face password change
TOKYO—Users of Sony’s PlayStation Network will have to change their passwords, the Japanese entertainment and technology giant said Sunday as it looks to boost security after its system was hacked. Sony apologized for a security breach that compromised millions of users, and said that while it had no evidence that credit card information was stolen [...]
US Senate panel to weigh cybercrime costs
WASHINGTON—A key US Senate panel announced Tuesday it will hold a March 29 hearing on the economic costs of cyberattacks and cyber crimes like identity theft and hacker strikes on government computers. The US Senate Commerce Committee said it “will explore how cyber attacks imperil America’s economy, as well as examine the private sector’s role [...]
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