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Cyberattack disrupts 911 emergency services in California

Incident blamed on 'relatively new' gang of cybercriminals.

Azania Imtiaz Patel July 16, 2024

‘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."

Jasper Hamill July 05, 2024

NHS will fail to count death toll of London hospital cyberattack, CEO warns

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"

Jasper Hamill June 05, 2024

UnitedHealth confirms ransom payment, reports $872 million impact from attack in Q1

UnitedHealth confirms ransom payment, reports $872 million impact from attack in Q1

Personal data of a "substantial proportion" of Americans stolen from systems.

Azania Imtiaz Patel April 23, 2024

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France

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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

Joe Fay March 12, 2024

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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,"

Azania Imtiaz Patel January 30, 2024

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cloud architect

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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..."

Azania Imtiaz Patel January 23, 2024