Hackers who hacked into the databases of the Federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last year gained illegal access to confidential information of over 700 American taxpayers. Last year, the IRS said that cyber attacks in May gave hackers access to 100 taxpayer data. Later,…
A group of hackers linked to the extremist organization Islamic State issued threats against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey after major social networks removed content posted by terrorist supporters. A group calling itself the "Sons of the Caliphate" posted a 25-minute video...
Trader Igor Dubovoy admitted in an American court that he was involved in an international hacker network that extracted and used non-public corporate information for trading in the stock market, Bloomberg reported. The 29-year-old Dubovoy, who bought the companies' reports obtained before the official publication from hackers, ...
The attack on Prykarpattyaoblenergo was called unprecedented. The hacker attack on Ukrainian regional power companies, which occurred at the end of 2015, was carried out using malicious computer software hidden in Microsoft Office documents. This is stated in the blog of the antivirus company ESET, which produces the famous NOD32 antivirus.…
Independent computer security expert Chris Vickery of Austin, Texas, found a database on the Internet that contains information on 191 million American voters. As Vickery told Forbes magazine, among other things, this database contains names, addresses, dates of birth, political affiliation ...
The social network Twitter sent out letters to parts of its users in which it warned of the threat of attacks by "state-sponsored" hackers. Writes about this Financial Times. At the same time, it was not specified which country pays for the services of computer hackers. Hackers might try to get phone numbers, addresses ...
Vocativ has discovered a new mobile app for Android phones that helps Islamic State supporters follow terrorist news. The app was created by Amaq, an agency linked to the Islamic State. Through the Islamic State app, the user can view exclusive video reports of terrorists from areas under their control, as well as...
Facebook will notify users if it has sufficient credible evidence that government agents are conducting surveillance. Facebook's head of security, Alex Stamos, announced this on Monday. “This step is necessary, since hacker attacks carried out by individuals and groups close to government services...
The hackers gained access to information on 15 million people collected by the German-based T-Mobile holding, one of the leading telecom operators in the United States. This was announced to reporters on Thursday by officials of the American company Experian, cooperating with T-Mobile, in whose systems cybercriminals found ...
Experts from Verizon investigated how hackers managed to break into the security system of one of the largest retail chains in the United States, Target. As it turned out, simple passwords and outdated software were the main reasons. As a reminder, the cyber attack on Target led to a leak ...