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Germany said Thursday it is seeking EU sanctions against a Russian man over his alleged role in the hacking of the German parliament at a time when evidence shows he was working for Russian intelligence. Germany's Foreign Ministry said it called in Russian ambassador Sergei Nechayev to inform him in person of the move.
More than 40 current and former leaders from around the world have signed a letter asking governments to prevent and stop cyberattacks on healthcare systems amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter addressed to governments is also signed by the leaders of major tech and cybersecurity companies, university professors, religious figures, NGOs and non-profit organizations, research organizations, healthcare organizations, former state presidents and ministers, and other officials.
Stolen in a recent breach, the names, email addresses, encrypted passwords, and other data of Home Chef customers are being sold on the Dark Web. Meal kit delivery service Home Chef was hit by a recent cyberattack that captured several pieces of sensitive data from customers.
Healthcare organizations can also be lucrative targets as criminals are aware of the value of patient information and medical data on the dark web. A report published Thursday by global threat intelligence firm IntSights explains why healthcare organizations are vulnerable to attack and how they can better defend themselves.
Japan is investigating a possible leak of data including details of a prototype missile in a massive cyberattack earlier this year on Mitsubishi Electric Corp., officials said Wednesday. The suspected leak involves sensitive information about a prototype of a cutting-edge high speed gliding missile intended for deployment for the defense of Japan's remote islands amid China's military assertiveness in the region.
Australian steel producer BlueScope was recently hit by a cyberattack that caused disruptions to some of the company's operations. While BlueScope did not share any information about the type of attack, iTnews reported that the company was hit by ransomware and that it was working to restore systems from backups.
Hosted by the University of Edinburgh and packing 118,080 processing cores running on a Cray XC30, the ARCHER supercomputer is the primary academic research supercomputer in the UK. The ARCHER Service was started in November 2013. On May 11, 2020, the team behind ARCHER disabled access to the service due to a "Security exploitation" on its login nodes.
Business email compromise attacks continue to be a thorn in companies' sides, with the FBI in its IC3 annual cybercrime report saying that the attacks cost victims $1.7 billion in 2019. Making matters worse, BEC cybergangs are turning to new tactics and tricks to avoid detection and capitalize on existing victims.
Cybercriminals have been creating phishing emails, suspicious websites, downloadable apps and files, and other malicious content all geared toward trapping people curious or anxious about the pandemic. These cyberattacks encompass malicious websites with the word "Corona" or "Covid" in the domain name, files with "Corona" in their name, and files attached to coronavirus-related phishing emails.
Nearly one in seven senior decision makers said their organization has already experienced at least one cyberattack since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by Alliant Cybersecurity. SEE: Cybersecurity: SMBs are keeping up with big companies, according to Cisco survey.