cyberattack
Cyberattack disrupts 911 emergency services in California
Incident blamed on 'relatively new' gang of cybercriminals.
DDoS
‘Evil’ botnet unleashes ‘record-breaking’ DDoS attack
“This could be a new era for packet rate attacks: with botnets possibly capable of issuing billions of packets per second. It could seriously challenge how anti-DDoS infrastructures are built and scaled."
News
NHS will fail to count death toll of London hospital cyberattack, CEO warns
"Right now, *no one* has died from a cyberattack that has targeted or shut down a hospital, but actuarial data shows that more than 300 people *probably* died as a result of WannaCry"
ransomware
UnitedHealth confirms ransom payment, reports $872 million impact from attack in Q1
Personal data of a "substantial proportion" of Americans stolen from systems.
DDoS
France fends off unprecedented DDoS attacks as it gears up for Olympian challenge
Low tech, highly inconvenient cyber assault comes just weeks after Ukraine cooperation deal
cyberattack
Hack back: US disconnects Volt Typhoon
"This actor is not doing the quiet intelligence collection and theft of secrets... they can disrupt major services if, and when, the order comes down,"
cyberattack
Ransomware attackers jack up attacks on tech companies
"Over 102.4 million records were breached via ransomware attacks on tech companies in 2023–a staggering 2,300 percent increase on 2022’s figure of 4.26 million. It’s also the highest number recorded across any industry since we began tracking confirmed ransomware attacks in 2018..."
Cybersecurity
Major German IT provider Bitmarck hacked, knocking health insurance offline for millions
IT provider serves 80 German health insurers