Tag: Hacking
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NSA discloses Russia’s ‘brute force’ hacking methods
The Russian Embassy in Washington on Thursday “strictly” denied the involvement of Russian government agencies in cyberattacks on US government agencies or private companies
July 2, 2021 -
US charges 6 Russian intelligence men for global hacking campaign
The hackers also targeted the country of Georgia, the French elections and poisoning of former Russian military officer Sergei Skripal.
October 20, 2020 -
‘Tough day for us at Twitter’: Jack Dorsey after massive hack of high-profile accounts
Twitter suffered a major security breach on Wednesday as hackers accessed its internal systems to hijack accounts of some of the prominent figures including US presidential candidate Joe Biden, former American President Barack Obama, among others.
July 16, 2020 -
Twitter suffers largest security breach in history, accounts of Obama, Bill Gates, Joe Biden hacked in Bitcoin scam
As the security breach came to light, Twitter, in an extraordinary measure, disabled the ability to tweet from validated accounts for about two hours.
July 16, 2020 -
Chinese hacking group behind cyberattacks on India identified
The group attacked countries including India, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, and caused damage to their respective government.
November 5, 2019 -
5 Precautionary steps to beat Cyber Crime
The Bengaluru Police has reported that out of 20,000 FIRs registered between January 2019 and June 2019, 25% were related to Cyber Crimes.
July 15, 2019 -
What is ethical hacking and how to learn it
There is “bad” hacking as well as “good” hacking or ethical hacking. Let’s find out how ethical hacking is different from the common notion of hacking
May 29, 2019 -
BJP website bjp.org down after alleged hacking attempt; memes targeted at PM Modi
Social media was abuzz with screenshots of a meme featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a music video of the film 'Bohemian Rhapsody' below it.
March 5, 2019 -
No third-party app accessed by hackers using Login, says Facebook, apologises
Facebook last week admitted that hackers broke into nearly 50 million users' accounts by stealing their 'access tokens' or digital keys.
October 3, 2018 -
Supreme Court website down, many suspect it’s hacked
Users were unable to gain access to the site as the message ‘This site can’t be reached’ flashed on the screen.
April 19, 2018 -
Two Russians jailed in US for hacking
Two Russians were sentenced to 12 years and four years in prison, respectively, for hacking computer networks of major companies in the US, the New Jersey District Attorney’s office said. Vladimir Drinkman, 37, and Dmitriy Smilianets, 34, were members of a network of hackers who raised hundreds of millions of dollars in the largest cybercrime …
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February 15, 2018 -
Russia apparently hacking Winter Olympics emails
A month after the IOC banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics over doping concerns, hackers have released a set of emails related to the games set for February in South Korea. The new leaks might be a retaliation for the decision taken in December 2017, to bar Russia from participating in the Games in …
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January 11, 2018 -
North Korea-based groups hacking into Bitcoin exchanges: Report
After the cryptocurrency mining market NiceHash revealed this week that hackers wiped out its entire Bitcoin wallet, security researchers now claim North Korea-based advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are increasingly attacking financial institutions and Bitcoin exchanges. In a report in Sky News on Saturday, independent security researcher Ashley Shen claimed that after executing cyber attacks …
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December 9, 2017 -
US says North Korean malware lurking in computer networks
US authorities said malware developed in North Korea is still lurking in many computer networks, giving hackers backdoor access to government, financial, automotive and media organisations. An alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security warned of surreptitious activity by the so-called “Hidden Cobra” hacker group, also known by the name “Lazarus.” US officials earlier …
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November 15, 2017 -
US should’ve anticipated Russian hacking efforts: FBI chief
The US government should have anticipated Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 election, but the FBI was nevertheless working to make sure Moscow “pays” for its actions, the bureau chief said. Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Director Andrew McCabe on Wednesday said Moscow’s efforts were surprising “in some ways,” but that the intelligence community …
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October 5, 2017 -
Challenges for the legal fraternity
With the evaluation of e-governance and society moving towards digitisation, the information technology has penetrated in every sphere of life and the profession of law, being no exception, is immensely impacted by it. The proliferation comprises of ebusiness, digital communication, digital evidence, hacking, online frauds and includes everything in the realm which has to be …
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September 22, 2017 -
Cyberattack at Equifax affects 143 million US consumers
US-based credit reporting agency Equifax Inc announced on Friday that hackers had gained access to the company’s data, potentially impacting approximately 143 million US consumers. Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the company’s website application from mid-May through July and gained access to consumer information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and in some …
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September 8, 2017