The Health Service Executive has said some health services have been impacted since it was forced to shut down all of its IT systems after a major cyber attack.
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Meat Supplier JBS Paid $11 Million Ransom To Hackers
The world’s largest meat processor, JBS, is now revealing for the first time that it paid an $11 million ransom to the hackers who breached its computer system, temporarily shutting down U.S. plants and others around the world.
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Why The U.S. Can’t Stop Cyber Attacks
The U.S.A. recently faced a series of ransomware attacks and cyber attacks on critical infrastructure like the Colonial Pipeline, the city of Tulsa, and JBS, the worlds largest meat producer. Ransomware, a program that hackers use to hold digital information hostage, has become the top choice of malware for criminals.
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Cyber Terrorists Wreaking Havoc
The world is at war with Cyber Terrorists wreaking havoc and costing billions of dollars.
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How a Cyber Attack Crippled The Colonial Pipeline
The Colonial Pipeline cyber attack caused a major blow to the gasoline industry in the southern and eastern parts of the United States.
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Top 10 Infamous Anonymous Hacks
They are legion. And so are their many operations. For this list, we’re looking at the best known hacks pulled off by the collective known as Anonymous. Our list includes their hack of the Minneapolis Police Department, Operation Sony, Project Chanology, their war with HBGary, Operation Payback, and more!
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Life Inside North Korea’s Hacker Army
North Korea has sent hundreds of programmers abroad to make money by any means necessary. With the latest U.S. hacking charges, we take a look at the lives of this secret army, their fears and dreams.
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Who is behind the latest cyberattack on the US?
US government agencies are rushing to tighten their computer security, after they have been hit by a cyberattack operation described as the worst in American history.
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How worried should we be about deadly cyber attacks?
Experts have been warning about serious cyber attacks for years that it’s not a matter of if, but when, hackers will kill somebody.
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What led to the worst cyber attack in US?
It’s been a little over a week since the US government discovered that several of it’s agencies were the target of one of the biggest cyber attack that the country has ever seen.
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Cyberattack Treasury and Commerce Departments targeted
The U.S. Treasury and the Commerce Department were among the federal agencies that were victim of a massive cyberattack. The breach is suspected to be the work of Russian hackers.
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US nuclear agency a target in massive cyber attack
The US Department of Energy, with responsibility for managing nuclear weapons, has emerged as a victim of a major suspected Russian cyber attack hacking campaign.
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U.S. cyberattack a serious, ongoing problem, Microsoft cautions
The U.S. cybersecurity team is still trying to determine exactly who is responsible for a major cyberattack in the U.S., with many signs pointing to the Russian government. Microsoft, which has built the systems for a majority of computers in the U.S., said they too have found malicious software on its systems. William Brangham spoke with Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, to learn more.
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