Attack
Tesco Cyber Attack faces £ 30 million fine from UK Financial Watchdog
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), well known as UK’s Financial Watchdog is all set to impose a £ 30 million fine on Tesco for Cyber Attack. Readers of Cybersecurity Insiders have to notify a fact over here that Tesco Bank became a victim of Cyber Attack in November 2016 and reimbursed £ 2.5 million as […]
News Share of 6 Cyber Attack incidents for this day
1.) The parental access to online student info of Oklahoma City Schools is said to have been blocked by a cyber attack last week. Beth Harrison, the spokeswoman of Oklahoma District released a press statement saying that the attack took place on Sept 17 and was identified and contained by the September 19th,2018. But Harrison […]
Feel free to launch Cyber Attacks
US President Donald Trump is reported to have authorized the cyber warriors working for his country to conduct cyber attacks on adversaries in a retaliation bid. Pronouncing the same the White House issued classified orders on Thursday last week, wiping away all previous restrictions put forward during Obama administration. In today’s age, we need to […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
1.) Edinburgh University online servers witnessed a disruption yesterday and sources report that the websites under the University’s online domain were crippled by a cyber attack during the freshers week. Jisc, the ISP of the said educational institution confirmed that there was indeed an attack on the organization’s domain. But failed to disclose any details […]
Wegmans sues Invermar for Cyber Attack
Wegmans Food Markets Inc. an American Supermarket Chain headquartered in New York has filed a lawsuit against Chilean Seafood Supplier, Invermar, for allowing hackers to pocket its payments through a cybersecurity flaw. Sources say that the Food retailer has sued the seafood supplier for $900,000 and is interested in adding more to the lawsuit when […]
US to sue North Korea for Wannacry and Sony Cyber Attacks
United States Department of Justice has decided to indict a North Korean with dual- charges of spreading WannaCry Ransomware attack around the world and cyber attacking the database of Sony Corp in 2014. The plan of US behind this accuse is to name & shame the alleged perpetrators so that countries like Russia, China and […]
What happens when ransomware attack turns into a data breach
For those who are misinterpreting the headline as an activity where hackers leaked data on the internet for not getting the demanded sum as a ransom, here’s a briefing. Health Management Concepts (HMC), an online resource which educates, empowers and advocates individuals in improving their health and well being is reported to have become a […]
Canadian town Midland hit by Ransomware Attack
The Town of Midland, located in Ontario, Canada is reported to have been hit by a ransomware attack. According to a press release issued by the town officials the incident is said to have taken place on early hours of Saturday i.e. Sept 1st, 2018 when hackers succeeded in accessing the network to infect the […]
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp not down due to cyber attack
The long weekend turned out murky to many as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were down to users across the world. And those affected took to Twitter to express their grief about the issue within the first hour. Some complained that the mobile and desktop versions of Facebook-owned sites were down to them till mid-afternoon on […]
DraftKings becomes a victim of DDoS Cyber Attack
Boston based Sports betting contest provider DraftKings has released an official statement yesterday which says that it has become a victim of a Cyber Attack. The company says that it has become a victim of a distributed denial of service attack in early last month that is of increasing concern to businesses these days. DraftKings […]
