Attack
Britain blames Iran for launching Cyber Attack on its Parliament
GCHQ of Britain has released a press statement on the last weekend saying that a brute force cyber attack launched on its parliament in June this year was carried out by the cyber army of Iran. The attack which led to email leaks of few high profile politicians, their peers, and the staff was caused […]
Equifax suffers another cyber attack and so decides to pull down its Webpage!
Equifax which suffered another cyber attack early this morning has pulled out its webpage offline on a temporary note. Security teams who are investigating on this matter have confirmed to the media that the credit reporting company’s website was under the control of the hackers since last week which could have led to another data […]
Fighter Jet Plans stolen in Australian Cyber Attack!
The hacker named ‘Alf’ who launched a cyber attack on an Australian Defense Contractor last year is reported to have stolen sensitive data related to Joint Strike Fighter Program and other military hardware related info. According to the details available to Cybersecurity insiders, around 30GB of data was stolen in the incident and it includes […]
More than 700000 UK customer details were leaked in Equifax Cyber Attack
Equifax in its fresh public statement has admitted that personal details of more than 700,000 UK customers’ were leaked in the cyber attack which took place in 2Q of this year. And the details include credit card details (partial info), phone numbers, driving licenses, and other details. The credit monitoring company which is based in […]
North Korea launches Cyber Attack to steal South Korea’s War Plans
A group of state-funded hackers from North Korea are reported to have hacked a South Korea’s military database last September to gain access to 235 GB of sensitive data, including war plans. The leaked data includes ‘Operational Plan 5015’ which is considered as classified info to be used in case a world war three takes […]
Cyber Attack hits Irish Food Wholesaler Musgrave Group!
Irish Food Wholesaler Musgrave Group has disclosed that it became a victim of cyber attack early this month. The owner of the SuperValu, Centra and Daybreak groceries chain added in its press statement that hackers tried to steal debit and credit card numbers and their expiry dates in this data hack, but couldn’t succeed in […]
Chinese hackers launch Cyber Attack on Australian Defense Contractor
A Chinese hacker or a hacking group named ‘Alf’ is said to have launched a cyber attack on an Australian Defense Contractor to access critical info about the nation’s defense secrets. Australian Federal Minister Dan Tehan has confirmed the news and said that the hacker/s had access to the network of the contractor for an […]
Equifax Cyber Attack might financially help it in return!
All these days many media resources reported the news related to the cyber attack on Equifax and its data breach concerns. But did anyone pay attention to the point that the credit reporting agency is actually benefiting from the said data breach- if not now, in near future…? This was exactly the point raised by […]
Yahoo says that all its 3 billion users were affected by the 2013 Cyber Attack
Yahoo, which stands as one of the top web services giants in the world has now disclosed that all its 3 billion users were affected by the 2013 cyber attack. The company made an official statement yesterday on this issue and added that the additional 2 billion data theft victims came to light as Yahoo […]
It’s China behind Equifax Cyber Attack!
Equifax has made an official announcement that the cybersecurity firm Mandiant has completed a review of the data breach which occurred on its database in May- June this year and has come to a conclusion on the consumers who were potentially impacted. The credit reporting firm said that the incident which was announced to the […]
