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Timeline: 15 Notable Cyberattacks and Data Breaches
2024-10-07 20:01

These 15 cyber attacks or data breaches impacted large swaths of users across the United States and changed what was possible in cybersecurity.

American Water shuts down online services after cyberattack
2024-10-07 17:29

American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, was forced to shut down some of its systems after a Thursday cyberattack. [...]

MoneyGram: No evidence ransomware is behind recent cyberattack
2024-10-05 14:16

MoneyGram says there is no evidence that ransomware is behind a recent cyberattack that led to a five-day outage in September. [...]

Outlast game development delayed after Red Barrels cyberattack
2024-10-04 15:56

Canadian video game developer Red Barrels is warning that the development of its Outlast games will likely be delayed after the company suffered a cyberattack impacting its internal IT systems and...

Media giant AFP hit by cyberattack impacting news delivery services
2024-09-30 14:19

Global news agency AFP (Agence France-Presse) reported a cyberattack on Friday that disrupted its IT systems and client content delivery services. While news coverage remained unaffected, the attack impacted some client services, though AFP has not specified which ones. The agency is working with France's National Agency for IT Systems Security (ANSSI) to mitigate the effects and resolve the situation.AFP has not provided details on the type of attack or its perpetrators. However, they did issue a warning to media partners that FTP credentials used to receive AFP content may have been compromised, advising password changes and security checks on reception systems.

Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK's busiest train stations
2024-09-26 10:29

See it, say it… not sorted just yet as network access remains offline A cybersecurity incident is being probed at Network Rail, the UK non-departmental public body responsible for repairing and...

Transportation Companies Hit by Cyberattacks Using Lumma Stealer and NetSupport Malware
2024-09-25 07:03

Transportation and logistics companies in North America are the target of a new phishing campaign that delivers a variety of information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs). The activity...

Kansas water plant cyberattack forces switch to manual operations
2024-09-24 19:52

Arkansas City, a small city in Cowley County, Kansas, was forced to switch its water treatment facility to manual operations over the weekend to contain a cyberattack detected on Sunday morning. [...]

10 nasty software bugs put thousands of fuel storage tanks at risk of cyberattacks
2024-09-24 15:30

Thousands of devices remain vulnerable, US most exposed to the threat Tens of thousands of fuel storage tanks in critical infrastructure facilities remain vulnerable to zero-day attacks due to...

MoneyGram confirms a cyberattack is behind dayslong outage
2024-09-24 12:48

Money transfer giant MoneyGram has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack after dealing with system outages and customer complaints about lack of service since Friday. [...]