The Redcar and Cleveland Council confirmed they were victim of a cyber attack after a ransomware entered the server network by hijacking the private tax information of its citizens.
The same incident happened three weeks ago, where according to reports, hackers accessed the Council's servers by…
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Vertcoin cryptocurrency undergoes a new attack
A new attack on Vertcoin triggered the alarms in the crypto ecosystem. The fact was detected by a miner who noticed an unusual increase in the price of hashrate rental in Nicehash on November 30.
The cyber attack also generated work from…
British Labour Party suffers cyber attack
Two cyber attacks on their digital platforms in less than 24 hours were reported Tuesday by the British Labour Party, in the middle of election campaign in the United Kingdom, to be held on December 12.
The first "large-scale" attack was…
Singapore Bitrue crypto exchange hacked for US $ 4.3 million
On Thursday, the Bitrue exchange house in Singapore was the target of a new attack by cybernetic pirates who gained access to the platform and stole ada and xrp crypto assets which ammount to US $ 4.3 million.
With this new attack the…
Investing in cybersecurity is a must in Peru
In Peru, only 7% of companies consider that it is likely to detect a cyber attack in time, due to the low effectiveness of security systems and the lack of specialized and sophisticated resources. About 93% of companies say they spend less…
Fujitsu develops software to respond to cyber attacks
In order to give an immediate response against a cyber attack, the company Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. developed a new technology with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to achieve it.
This was announced during the 36th Symposium on…
Embassies of Venezuela suffer a cyber attack
Due to the cyber attack that this Thursday suffered more than ten embassies of Venezuela in the world, spokesmen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suspended all publication until the problem was solved.
Through the media, government…
Companies could lose $ 200 billion by cyber hijacking
The Cyber Risk Management (CyRiM) project, a public-private initiative based in Singapore that assesses cyber risks, recently conducted a study and published a report with extremely important data.
According to the report, the attack is…
Marriott hotels database suffers cyber attack
The hotel chain of worldwide reputation JW Marriott suffered one of the worst hacks in recent years. Although the person in charge has not yet been identified, it is known that the incident began in 2014 with the encryption of information…
Dell suffered a cyberattack that threatened user data
The US company announced an episode of cyber attack that suffered a few days ago, specifically on November 9th and was reported as an unauthorized activity in its network.
The hackers wanted to take control of information such as names,…
Banco Consorcio reports millionaire losses after cyberattack
The Chilean entity Banco Consorcio recently suffered a cyberattack where it lost at least two million dollars.
In spite of everything, this attack did not affect to a great extent the client's portfolio of the financial institution. At the…
The Pentagon would be ready for a cyberattack against Russia
According to several sources close to the government of the United States, the Pentagon would have a preventive measure ready to avoid a possible intervention in the US elections.
This was stated by The Center of Public Integrity, which…