Cybergeddon? Survey warns of internet disruption on scale of 2008 crisis
The world is on the verge of a cyber shock “similar to the 2008 financial crisis,” a new study says, outlining major triggers for potential disruption and urging governments and organizations to learn...
View ArticleRossiya Segodnya News Agency Continues to Repel Mass Cyber-Attacks
Rossiya Segodnya News Agency, including its flagship website ria.ru and the project on Ukraine, continues to thwart mass cyber-attacks for the second day in a row, the company’s IT official said late...
View ArticleAnonymous attacks Ft. Lauderdale websites over anti-homeless laws
Hacktivist collective “Anonymous” targeted the website of Ft. Lauderale, Fla. in retaliation for a local law restricting the feeding of the homeless. 90-year-old Arnold Abbott was detained by police in...
View ArticleSpain hit by Russian and Chinese hackers
Four Spanish government ministries were hit by serious cyberattacks in 2014, with the assaults targeting the mobile phones and personal computers of prominent government figures.
View ArticleSouth Korea rules out malfunction of nuclear reactors
South Korea says a recent string of cyber attacks on its nuclear power operator will not cause any malfunction at other atomic reactors.
View ArticleCyber attack on Swedish Parliament’s website
The official website of the Swedish Parliament was taken down on Tuesday, in what officials labelled "an outside attack".
View ArticleCentcom Accounts Hacked: Just Another Inconvenience for Pentagon or Harbinger...
On January 12, the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US military command were suspended for a few hours after being hacked by a group claiming to back Islamic State. The United States Central Command...
View ArticleUS, UK to carry out cyber ‘war games’
US and UK intelligence agencies will begin conducting cyber “war games” to boost both countries' resistance to cyber attacks, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron announced.
View ArticleUS will take measures against new China cybersecurity regulations: Obama
The Obama administration says the US will take necessary measures to protect the American private sector against the alleged cyber threats posed by China.
View ArticleCyberwarfare, American Style: Domestic Surveillance/Liberal Repression
Obama’s complaints of cyberattacks by China and Iran threatening US intellectual property and, presumably, national security, conveniently dodges the fact, for it is a fact, that America has used its...
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