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The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their involvement in cyberattacks against the U.S. government, defense contractors, and private companies. Entities at least 50% owned by blocked persons are also subject to freeze, and transactions involving their assets are prohibited without OFAC authorization, while financial institutions and other organizations dealing with sanctioned individuals and companies also risk exposure to sanctions or enforcement actions.
Cybersecurity breaches can be devastating for both individuals and businesses alike. While many people tend to focus on understanding how and why they were targeted by such breaches, there's a...
American telecom provider Frontier Communications is restoring systems after a cybercrime group breached some of its IT systems in a recent cyberattack. Frontier is a leading U.S. communications provider that provides gigabit Internet speeds over a fiber-optic network to millions of consumers and businesses across 25 states.
The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes has announced that it was targeted by a cyberattack on Tuesday morning, severely impacting its operations and forcing staff to go back to pen and paper. The Hospital announced that it was forced to take all computers offline earlier this week due to a cyberattack, leaving only telephone systems available for communication.
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UnitedHealth Group reported an $872 million impact on its Q1 earnings due to the ransomware attack disrupting the U.S. healthcare system since February. Change Healthcare is the biggest payment exchange platform used by doctors, healthcare providers, and over 70,000 pharmacies within the United States healthcare system.
Laptop and tablet accessories maker Targus disclosed that it suffered a cyberattack disrupting operations after a threat actor gained access to the company's file servers. Targus is a mobile accessories company known for stylish laptop bags and carrying cases.
UK veterinary services provider CVS Group has announced that it suffered a cyberattack that disrupted IT services at its practices across the country. CVS Group operates 500 veterinary practices throughout the UK, Australia, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Ireland, including nine specialist referral hospitals, 39 dedicated out-of-hours sites, three laboratories, and seven pet crematoria.
Hoya Corporation, one of the largest global manufacturers of optical products, says a "System failure" caused servers at some of its production plants and business divisions to go offline on Saturday."The day before yesterday, we learned that the Group's head quarter and several of its business divisions have experienced an IT system incident," Hoya said in a statement published on Monday.
Texas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts has been responding to a cyberattack that started last Friday, which resulted in the unavailability of many of its IT systems. According to people staying at some of the 50 properties the company operates across Northern America, who took to Reddit to vent and discuss the problem, the outage affected reservation and check-in systems, room key cards, and payment systems.