CEO: Colonial paid $4.4 million to pipeline hackers, report says
Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount told the Wall Street Journal he authorized the payment after the May 7 ransomware attack because the company didn't know the extent of the damage and wasn't sure how long it would take to bring the pipeline's systems back.
Pipeline cyberattack prompted NYPD to take precautionary action
As law enforcement agencies at the federal and state level tried to determine exactly what was happening in a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline, the NYPD quickly spread the word through the city's so-called Critical Infrastructure Partners.
Cyberattack continues to paralyze Colonial Pipeline
For millions of Americans, the biggest question of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack is what the potential impact will be at the pump.
‘Don’t click the link!’: USPS warns of ‘smishing’ scam involving fake texts sent with phony links
Have you recently received an unsolicited mobile text message claiming to be from the United States Postal Service? If so, USPS says you may have been the target of a “smishing,” scam.
Cyberattack targets school district in upstate NY
The Guilderland Central School District, near Albany, is investigating a malware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into all-remote learning.
US takes steps to protect electric system from cyberattacks that would disrupt the power supply
The effort underscores the heightened concern about the prospects for cyberattacks that could disrupt the power supply across the country.
COVID-19 vaccine scams are on the rise, health officials warn: What to look out for
With demand on the rise for COVID-19 vaccines, Los Angeles County is warning residents that scams relating to the shots are also on the rise.
US intel report: Putin authorized operations to help Trump in 2020 presidential election
Russia and Iran sought to influence the outcome of last November's presidential election, but U.S. intelligence officials found no evidence that any foreign actor changed votes or otherwise disrupted the voting process.
Unemployment insurance scammers targeting New Yorkers
Thieves are stealing the identities of people who have a job and have not filed for unemployment benefits, according to New York state officials.
FBI: North Korean hackers targeted banks, Sony movie studio
The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global and destructive hacks, including targeting banks and a movie studio.
Data leaks affect more than 3 billion accounts
Data breaches are something we have come to learn to live with. But, there’s one being called the 'mother of all data breaches.'
T-Mobile suffers new data breach, customer phone numbers call records possible accessed
T-Mobile recently experienced a data breach in which some of its customers had their information, including "call-related information," exposed to hackers.
US Treasury Department email accounts compromised in SolarWinds hack
Dozens of email accounts at the Treasury Department were compromised in a massive breach of U.S. government agencies being blamed on Russia.
Networks compromised in SolarWinds hack will need to be burned 'down to the ground,' experts say
It’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March in Washington’s worst cyberespionage failure on record.
Massive hack may have exposed deep U.S. secrets
The possibilities of what deeply held secrets might have been stolen in a disciplined, monthslong operation are mind-boggling.
Large-scale hack sends US government agencies scrambling to secure data
U.S. government agencies and private companies rushed Monday to secure their computer networks following the disclosure of a sophisticated and long-running cyber-espionage intrusion. Experts said the hack was almost certainly was carried out by a foreign state.
Don’t open it: Scam text message poses as package delivery notification
The messages sometimes have UPS or FedEx included in the text to make it seem more legit. They may even include your name.
Russian, North Korean hackers target vaccine work, Microsoft says
Microsoft said that most of the attacks in recent months were unsuccessful, but provided no information on how many succeeded or how serious those breaches were.
FBI, federal agencies warn ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a major ransomware assault against the U.S. healthcare system. Independent security experts say it has already hobbled at least four U.S. hospitals this month, and could potentially impact hundreds more.
Trump’s campaign website apparently hacked
The campaign website for President Donald Trump was apparently hacked Tuesday.