Cybercrime

VP Joins International Effort to Shut Down Criminal Website Overload Platforms

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VP Joins International Effort to Shut Down Criminal Website Overload Platforms

Latvian Police Target DDoS-for-Hire Operators in⁢ International Cybercrime Crackdown The Cybercrime Combating Department of‍ the Latvian State Police has taken significant steps to combat cybercrime by identifying Latvian residents involved in the illegal “DDoS-for-Hire” service. This service allows users to launch Distributed Denial⁤ of Service (DDoS) attacks, ⁤causing widespread disruption to automated data⁢ processing systems. … Read more

Microsoft warns that Russia, China and North Korea increased recruitment of cybercriminals | WORLD

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Microsoft warns that Russia, China and North Korea increased recruitment of cybercriminals | WORLD

RussiaChina and North Korea are increasingly aggressive and sophisticated in recruiting cybercriminals to steal money, obtain information and influence elections, he said Microsoft in a report published Tuesday. Hackers are not only stealing information but are “releasing ransomwarepositioning backdoors for future destruction, sabotaging operations and conducting influence campaigns,” wrote the vice president of Consumer Security, … Read more

LINKY METER: the gendarmerie arrests a man suspected of having tampered with hundreds of devices

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LINKY METER: the gendarmerie arrests a man suspected of having tampered with hundreds of devices

A man is suspected of having modified hundreds of Linky meters on behalf of «clients» by promising to lower their electricity bill. He was arrested in Valenciennes and will be tried for theft from Enedis. Suspected of having acted throughout the national territory, this man was arrested on September 14 in Valenciennes while he was … Read more

German companies are often attacked from this country

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German companies are often attacked from this country

The companies surveyed had at least ten employees and an annual turnover of at least one million euros.photo alliance/dpa | Annette Riedl According to the Bitkom study, most of the attacks on the German economy can be traced back to China. 45 percent of affected companies said they were able to trace attacks to China, … Read more

Iberdrola suffers a cyber assault that impacts 850,000 clients

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Iberdrola suffers a cyber assault that impacts 850,000 clients

At first of Could, Iberdrola suffered a cyber assault that affected the information of some 850,000 of the electrical energy firm’s clients in Spain. Particularly, on Could 7, the vitality firm detected unauthorized entry to buyer databases precipitated by a provider, firm sources reported, stating that these affected could be a complete of 600,000 Iberdrola … Read more

Chinese Hackers Stole Vital Information from Volkswagen Between 2010 and 2015: Report

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Chinese Hackers Stole Vital Information from Volkswagen Between 2010 and 2015: Report

Car assembly at a factory in Qingdao, China, which is jointly owned by China’s FAW and Germany’s Volkswagen. – © getty Between 2010 and 2015, the Volkswagen car manufacturer was hacked several times, possibly by Chinese military intelligence. This is how vital information ended up in China’s hands. Chinese hackers managed to steal 19,000 documents … Read more

Duvel Moortgat Breweries Hit by Ransomware Attack, Production Sites at Standstill

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Duvel Moortgat Breweries Hit by Ransomware Attack, Production Sites at Standstill

The Duvel production site in Puurs. — © rr The four Duvel Moortgat breweries in Belgium and one in the US have come to a complete standstill after a large-scale cyber attack in which ransomware was installed. According to Duvel, the supply of Duvel and other beers is not in danger for the time being, … Read more

Top Strategies and Solutions for Cyber Attacks: Highlights from secIT 2024 in Hanover

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Top Strategies and Solutions for Cyber Attacks: Highlights from secIT 2024 in Hanover

As of: March 5, 2024 6:39 a.m What to do if the company is affected by a cyber attack? From today on, companies will be presenting their latest strategies and solutions relating to IT security at secIT 2024 in Hanover. There have also been several cyber attacks on companies and other institutions in Lower Saxony … Read more

International Police Operation Dismantles Most Harmful Hacking Group Lockbit

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International Police Operation Dismantles Most Harmful Hacking Group Lockbit

© via REUTERS Hacker collective Lockbit, described as the most harmful hacking group in the world, has been dismantled in an international police operation. This was reported by the British anti-crime agency NCA. The cyber criminals stole sensitive data all over the world, including in Belgium, and demanded ransoms for it. “We have hacked the … Read more

Key Leader Behind EncroChat Extradited to France, Faces Lawsuit for Involvement in Criminal Organization

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Key Leader Behind EncroChat Extradited to France, Faces Lawsuit for Involvement in Criminal Organization

One of the main people behind communications service EncroChat is from the Dominican Republic extradited to France. A lawsuit awaits him there. EncroChat was a service used by tens of thousands of criminals. They stayed out of sight of investigative services with special telephones and encrypted communication. EncroChat was dismantled in 2020 and at least … Read more