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About 30,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea, mostly travelling via China, since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. (Photo: AP)

Seoul says personal info of 1,000 NKorean defectors stolen

A regional office of the Hana resettlement center said it has been notifying affected defectors.

30 Dec 2018 12:50 PM

The hackers used techniques that make them difficult to identify and officials have yet to determine whether they were aligned with a foreign government. (Representational Images)

US Republican campaign emails hacked months before election

Hackers used National Republican Congressional Committee credentials to access a “small number” of email accounts.

05 Dec 2018 6:59 PM

Ukraine has been buffeted by extraordinarily damaging cyberattacks since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.

Ukrainian authorities: We thwarted ‘massive’ cyberattack

The Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement that hackers used malicious accounting documents to target the IT systems.

05 Dec 2018 2:36 PM

In April, BfV said there was a “high likelihood” that the Russian government was behind a cyber attack on German computer networks.

Germany detects new cyber attack by Russian hacker group

The latest cyber attack was detected on Nov. 14 but it was not yet clear if any data had been stolen.

01 Dec 2018 3:10 PM

It said passengers on board at the time had been delivered safely to their destinations.

Moscow's new cable car closed by cyberattack

It opened to the public on Tuesday, with rides to be free for the first month, but suddenly halted the next day.

30 Nov 2018 1:24 PM

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India ranked 12th in web-borne threats: Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab products detected 48,093,743 Internet-borne malware incidents on the computers of KSN participants in India.

05 Nov 2018 9:07 AM

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Most firms claim to be well-equipped to deal with rising cyber attacks

Most companies expect cyber attacks to increase over next year, but claim they are well-equipped to deal with any kind of data breaches.

21 Oct 2018 2:27 PM

According to a US official familiar with the matter, the breach could have affected as many as 30,000 workers, but that number may grow as the investigation continues.

Pentagon reveals cyber breach of travel records

The Pentagon said there has been a cyber breach of travel records that compromised the personal information and credit card data.

14 Oct 2018 5:43 PM

Britain says Russian military intelligence behind host of global cyber attacks

GRU, Britain said, was almost certainly behind the BadRabbit and World Anti-Doping Agency attacks of 2017.

04 Oct 2018 8:53 AM

Russian agents tried to hack the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Swiss probe alleged Russian cyber attack on World Anti-Doping Agency

Criminal proceedings were launched in March 2017 on suspicion of political espionage.

17 Sep 2018 7:26 AM

A full moon rises above the golden domes of the Orthodox Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine is lobbying hard for a religious divorce from Russia and some observers say the issue could be decided as soon as September 2018. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ungodly espionage: Russian hackers targeted Orthodox clergy

The Russian hackers have spent years trying to steal the private correspondence of the world’s most senior Christian Orthodox figures.

28 Aug 2018 10:56 AM

Most political campaigns are only a single phishing email away from being breached.

FBI investigating cyber attack on congressional campaign in California

The hackers successfully infiltrated the election campaign computer of David Min, a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives.

18 Aug 2018 8:56 AM

China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

China-linked cyberattacks likely as Malaysia reviews projects

FireEye said it had found indications that cyber espionage activities were increasing throughout Southeast Asia.

15 Aug 2018 8:07 PM

Apart from the ATM withdrawals, the hackers transferred 139 million rupees to a Hong Kong-based company’s account. (Representational Image)

Cosmos Bank loses $13.5 million in cyber attack

The co-operative bank said unidentified hackers stole customer information through a malware attack on its ATM server.

14 Aug 2018 9:04 PM

The US Department of Homeland Security is creating a centre aimed at protecting banks, electric companies and other critical infrastructure against cyber attacks.

New Homeland Security center to guard against cyberattacks

The National Risk Management Center will work to quickly identify and address potential threats and improve safeguards.

01 Aug 2018 1:25 PM

The comments were made during Putin’s meeting with the security council organized for the World Cup on July 15 evening, soon after the tournament ended. (Photo: Pixabay)

Russia says it prevented 25 million cyber attacks, other acts during World Cup

Russia prevented nearly 25M cyber attacks and other criminal acts against its information infrastructure.

16 Jul 2018 12:37 PM

Cyber attack hit a Mexican opposition party website.

Mexican opposition party website hit by cyber attack

Cyber attack hit the website of a Mexican political opposition party after it had published documents critical of the leading candidate.

14 Jun 2018 8:34 AM

‘Cyber attack is a big security concern’

The home secretary said various government agencies conduct regular security and vulnerability assessment.

01 Jun 2018 1:42 AM

In the face of these growing cyber threats, organisations are demonstrating far more success in detecting and blocking them, according to the study.

Organisations experience 30 cyber breaches per year: Study

With ransomware and DDoS attacks on the rise, the average number of focused cyber attacks per organisation has more than doubled this year.

18 Apr 2018 7:46 AM

Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centres in Iran where they left the image of a US flag on screens along with a warning: ‘Don't mess with our elections’, the Iranian IT ministry said. (Photo: Twitter/ @azarijahromi)

Iran hit by global cyber attack that left US Flag on screens

The attack apparently affected 200,000 router switches across the world in a widespread attack.

08 Apr 2018 3:22 PM

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