In the picturesque French overseas territory of La Réunion, nestled in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, a high-stakes examination is underway. The case revolves around a staggering fraud that saw a woman lose 830,000 euros, leaving authorities scrambling to uncover the truth. The AFP news agency reported on Friday that no suspects have … Read more
Ninth US Telecom Firm Targeted in Major Chinese Hacking Campaign Table of Contents Ninth US Telecom Firm Targeted in Major Chinese Hacking Campaign US Government Responds to Foreign Cyberattacks National Security Implications Telecom Espionage: expert Weighs in on Ninth US Firm Breached by China The Scope of the Threat Protecting Critical infrastructure Adapting to the … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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