Attack
DDoS Attack on US Midterm Elections 2018 Polls
US Midterm elections are going to take place on November 6th,2018 and news is out that the election activity could be targeted by a DDOS Attack/s. Yes, you’ve read it right! Experts say that the results of 2018 US Midterm Polls could be manipulated by state actors from Russia and that’s possible if the voter […]
Cyber Attack on Final Fantasy XIV game users
Square Enix, a Japan-based Video Game developer, publisher, and distributor has released a statement that most of the game users of Final Fantasy XIV(FFXIV) were hit by a series of cyber attacks. As a result of which they are unable to either login into their accounts or log-out of them for more than 48 hours. […]
Australian Defense Shipbuilder Austal hit by Cyber Attack
Austal, an Australia based global shipbuilding company has made it official that its Australian database management system was reigning under cyber attack launched by an unknown offender. The Western Australian Defense Builder has even clarified that the email addresses and mobile phone numbers of some staff members and some of their valuable customers were accessed […]
Indian to pay $8.6 million in a penalty for launching Cyber Attacks on US University
An Indian origin man named Paras Jha, 22, of New Jersey has been asked to pay $8.6 million as the penalty for launching cyber attacks on a leading US University. The sentence was pronounced by Trenton Federal Court Judge Michael Shipp who asked the individual to serve 6 months House Arrest in addition to the […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
On October 31st, 2018 the third phase of the public hearing has started on the Cyber Attack related to SingHealth. And to surprise us all, some interesting facts came into light. This includes the reality that the senior manager and some senior staff members of the healthcare provider showed reluctance in disclosing the cyber incident […]
Cyber Attack on Cathy Pacific leaks info of more than 9.4 million passengers
Cyber Attack News is out that hackers have succeeded in intercepting the database of Cathy Pacific Airlines and have managed to access info of more than 9.4 million passengers. The accessed info includes names, date of birth, phone numbers, email and passport numbers. An investigation on how the cyber crooks got into the network is […]
Yahoo agrees to pay $50 million for its historic Cyber Attack
Yahoo, the world’s second most popular web search giant has finally agreed to pay $50 million in damages for the historic cyber attack which led to the data breach of more than 1 billion Yahoo user accounts. The hack which took place in between 2013 and 2014 was revealed to the world in 2016 by […]
Ransomware attack news for this day
1.) Servers at the West Haven have been down since Tuesday this week due to a cyber attack and reports are now in that the IT staff of the Connecticut based county has paid $2000 in bitcoins to the hackers in order to decrypt their data from ransomware. Sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders say that […]
Ransomware Attack on North Carolina County
Reports are in that hackers have targeted the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority’s (ONWASA) Internal Computer System including servers and computer systems on Saturday last week disrupting the databases which stored the customer information. However, a spokesperson from the North Carolina based County said that the hack did not compromise any of the customer information […]
Most of the Irish Business are vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
A survey conducted by Magnet Networks discovered that most of the cyber attacks on Irish Businesses go undetected due to lack of awareness among the operating companies on Cyber Breaches. Only 20% of respondents who participated in the survey said that they have suffered from cyber attacks in the past 2 years. On a further […]
