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Vodafone Portugal struggles to restore service following cyberattack

Enlarge Vodafone Portugal is slowly working to recover following a “deliberate and malicious cyberattack” that brought down services used by millions of people and businesses in that country, including those for ambulances and other emergency services. Vodafone Portugal—a subsidiary of UK-based Vodafone Group with 4.3 million cellphone subscribers and 3.4 million fiber subscribers—said in a […]

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Red Cross implores hackers not to leak data for 515k “highly vulnerable people”

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Red Cross on Wednesday pleaded with the threat actors behind a cyberattack that stole the personal data of about 515,000 people who used a program that works to reunite family members separated by conflict, disaster or migration. “While we don’t know who is responsible for this attack, or why they […]

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Ukraine says government websites hit by “massive cyber attack”

Enlarge / A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman watches through a spyglass in a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near Avdiivka, southeastern Ukraine, upon January 9, 2022. (credit: Anatolii Stepanov | Getty Images) Ukraine said it was the target of a “massive cyber attack” after about 70 government websites ceased functioning. On Friday morning […]

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Major ransomware attack cripples gas pipeline on US East Coast

Enlarge / Problems with Colonial Pipeline’s distribution system tend to lead to gasoline runs and price increases across the US Southeast and Eastern seaboard. In this September 2016 photo, a man prepared to refuel his vehicle after a Colonial leak in Alabama. (credit: Luke Sharrett via Getty Images) On Friday, Colonial Pipeline took many of […]

Business

An Electronic pandemic Shirts off coronavirus woes

When you thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse, then put in a electronic pandemic in addition to this the worst public health disaster in 102 decades . Cybersecurity researchers are reluctant to evaluate the damage brought on by a widespread violation of U.S. national agencies and private businesses. A listing of impacted organizations comprises the […]

COVID 19 Tech

Nation-state Endorsed hackers Shortly after COVID vaccine Distribution Series

Expand / A climate controlled thermo haulage truck trailer beyond the Pfizer Inc. centre in Puurs, Belgium, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (charge: Bloomberg | Getty Images) Cyber attackers have targeted that the chilly supply chain required to provide COVID-19 vaccines, as shown by a report detailing a complex operation probably backed by means of […]