Cyber Attack

Football Association of Ireland FAI hit by Cyber Attack

Gardai or the Police Service Association of Ireland has confirmed that the news that the Football Association of Ireland(FAI) was hit by a cyber attack which took place in the last weekend. FAI claims that no data related to seasons tickets and payment details were compromised in the attack as the information is stored off-site. […]

Cyber Attack did not cause Google, Youtube, Snapchat and Gmail downtime

Google oriented web services such as YouTube, Google Photos, Snapchat, Gmail, Nest, Discord, and Vimeo were disrupted for almost 4 hours late Sunday. But on contrary to the ongoing rumors that the services were hit by a cyber attack, the Alphabet Inc, subsidiary has issued a press statement that the downtime was caused by a […]

Cyber Attacks on IoT cause £ 1billion loss to the UK economy

Recent research carried out by a Dutch Software firm named Irdeto claims that cyber attacks on the Internet of Things (IoT) are causing a £ 1billion loss to UK Economy. The software company estimates that the economy of the United Kingdom suffers over $244,000 loss on an average every year with malware attacks and data […]

Smart coffee Machines can allow hackers to steal ID and passwords

Smart Coffee Machines or truly speaking any electronic device connected to the internet can now be used by hackers to steal ID and Passwords says Vince Steckler, a security expert. Mocking the technology of ‘Internet of Things’ the expert who is also a Chief Executive Officer at Avast says that all smart devices can be […]

Cyber Attack on Japan’s online Store leaks data of 460,000 customer accounts

Japan’s online retailing store ‘Fast Retailing’ has released a press statement yesterday that the websites of its business subsidiaries UNIQLO Japan and GU Japan were hacked due to which customer accounts from April 23rd, 2019 to May 10th, 2019 were compromised. News is out that the online store became victim to a credential stuffing cyber […]

Britain like US needs ‘super shield’ against catastrophic Cyber Attacks

A senior official from Bank of England (BoE) feels that the country will need a “super shield” against catastrophic cyber attacks or major IT glitches that have the potential to cripple the entire financial industry. As a precautionary measure, the BoE is already taking actionable measures to see that banks operating in the region could […]

US to launch ‘Nitro Zeus’ Cyber Attack on Iran

Apart from sending over 120,000 US troops to the CENTCOM region, United States is also focusing its resources on a potential cyber attack which could cripple all major cities of Iran including disruption of military units and power grids. The New York Times says that US military is planning to launch Nitro Zeus cyber attack […]

Cyber Attack simulation by G7 Countries

Group of Seven Nations shortly referred to as G7 countries are all set to simulate a cross border cyber attack on the financial sector of France early next month. The cyber attack will be in the form of a malware which will be reportedly infected onto the technical components of the financial sector. “French Central […]

Cyber Attack fear makes the Swedish government urged citizens to hoard cash

Cyber attack fear has made the Swedish government urge all its citizens to hoard cash in their houses in the case of a national emergency and as a precautionary measure. According to ‘The Times’, the Swedish Civil Contingency Agency is asking its populace to stock up cash in small denominations if in case the banking […]

Cyber Attack on Police Federation leads to cancellation of Centenary Celebrations

Cyber attacks which took place on the UK based Police Federation in March this year has made the authorities cancel the annual conference organized for celebrating the Federation’s Centenary supposed to be attended by Home Secretary. Going by the details, a ransomware attack is reported to have taken place on the database of The Police […]

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