Attack
US Nuclear Power Stations cyber attacked by Russia!
FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed news reports that Russian hacker’s cyber attacked 5 nuclear power stations in the United States in May this year. And the affected networks include aging nuclear generating facility at Wolf Creek owned by Westar Energy, another two other facilities at Great Plains Energy and Kansas Electric […]
US 2016 Election Poll books were cyber attacked by Russia
A leaked NSA report says that Russian’s cyber attacked the election poll books of more than 20 counties of North Carolina in August last year. And what’s even more shocking in this entire attack saga is that the activity remained undetected until NSA was pressed into service by former US President Obama to look for […]
Cyber Attack leaves millions of mobile phone users without service!
A massive cyber attack which took place on several Venezuelan public and private utilities on Wednesday this week is said to have left more than 7 million mobile phone users without service. The hackers group named ‘The Binary Guardians’ claimed responsibility for the attacks and added that more such attacks will follow in near future […]
DDoS Cyber Attack on Ukraine’s Postal Department
Hackers launched a Distributed Denial of Service(DDoS) cyber attack on Ukraine’s postal department disrupting the online parcel tracking service from past two days. Authorities report that the attack started on early Monday and ended shortly after 18:00 local time on Tuesday. Sources from Ukrposhta report that the attack took place in two installments. One on […]
Hackers Cyber Attack Billboards in the UK!
Last week, a number of billboards erected in the busy centers of UK started to beam images from Big Brother, Shariah Law, SWASTIKA, and Donald Trump caricatured as a Frog. It surprised not only the shoppers and children passing by, but also the law enforcement authorities who were left baffled with the sudden development. The […]
HBO becomes a victim to a massive Cyber Attack!
Home Box Office, well known as HBO to television audiences across the world is said to have become a victim of a massive cyber attack on Saturday last week. And as per the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, hackers allegedly obtained 1.5 terabytes of data from the company which includes upcoming episodes of Ballers and […]
British citizen convicted in Deutsche Telekom Cyber Attack
A British citizen who was arrested in February this year was sentenced to 20 months of imprisonment by a German court for attempting a computer sabotage on Deutsche Telekom which disrupted over 900,000 of its consumer routers last November. The 29-Year old named Daniel K also known as Spiderman to his online fans has admitted […]
Hackers use Women profiles to Cyber Attack Scientists
Hackers are using all sorts of tactics to launch cyber attacks on scientists these days and the latest on it has come to light this week. Iranian hackers are said to be using fake women photos siphoned from British Photographers to cyber attack scientists and make them work for the Middle East governments. According to […]
ECMC spends $10 million to recover from a Cyber Attack!
Erie County Medical Center has made it official that it has spent $10 million to recover from a cyber attack. The hospital authorities disclose that half of the amount was spent on purchasing new computer hardware, software, and assistance needed to respond to the cyber attack. And the other half represents the incurred additional expenses, […]
Cyber Attack on Pennsylvania health systems leaks 300,000 patient records
A Cyber Attack launched on Women’s Health care Group of Pennsylvania is said to have leaked 300,000 patient records. The leaked data includes names, social security numbers, birth dates, pregnancy histories, blood type info, lab results, medical record numbers, insurance info, medical diagnoses and some X-Ray scans in digital format. As per the details available […]
