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Biden Administration Blames Hackers Tied to China for Microsoft Cyber Attack Spree

Four Chinese nationals were indicted over separate hacking activity; dozens of nations condemn Beijing’s state-sponsored hacking WASHINGTON—The Biden administration publicly blamed hackers affiliated with China’s main intelligence service for a far-reaching cyberattack on Microsoft Corp. email software this year, part of a global effort by dozens of nations to condemn Beijing’s malicious cyber activities. The U.S. government […]

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Ransomware breach at Florida IT firm hits 200 businesses

WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) – Hundreds of American businesses were hit Friday by an unusually sophisticated ransomware attack that hijacked widely used technology management software from a Miami-based supplier called Kaseya. The attackers changed a Kaseya tool called VSA, used by companies that manage technology at smaller businesses. They then encrypted the files of those

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Ransomware attacks are closing schools, delaying chemotherapy and derailing everyday life

After years of warnings, the impact of ransomware finally hits home for regular people. SAN FRANCISCO — It can feel abstract: A group of organized but faceless criminals hijacking corporate computer systems and demanding millions of dollars in exchange for their safe return. But the impact of these ransomware attacks is increasingly, unavoidably, real for everyday people.

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This is how long hackers will hide in your network before deploying ransomware or being spotted

Any time is too long, but hackers are finding ways to wander through networks unseen for longer than you might expect. Cyberattackers on average have 11 days after breaching a target network before they’re being detected, according to UK security firm Sophos – and often when they are spotted it’s because they’ve deployed ransomware. As

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A huge trove of credit card records and Social Security numbers just got hacked

Not a week goes by anymore, it seems like, when we don’t have multiple hacks to report on, as well as a fresh data breach or systems intrusion on the part of attackers constantly probing for weaknesses anywhere that consumer records are stored. Many of these episodes garner headlines simply because of the scale of the data

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