Cyber Attack
Cyber Attack expert issues World War 3 Warning of Aeroplane Crash and Water Poisoning
Merle Maigre, the Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence and an expert in analyzing Cyber Attacks has warned that the United States should be well prepared for shock cyber attacks from foes like Russia that could hack critical infrastructure and can cause plane crashes and water poisoning by contaminating water utilities. […]
Cyber Attack crashes Knox County Election Commission Website
Officials of the Knox County Election Commission Website have officially disclosed that their website crashed on Tuesday night at around 8 pm due to a cyber attack. But also declared that none of the County’s election results were either affected or influenced by the attack. A media update released early on Wednesday says that the […]
Three banks in Mexico become Cyber Attack targets
Hackers tried to target three of the largest banks operating in Mexico forcing the officials of the said financial institutions to launch contingency plans. According to a source from Banco De Mexico, the attack could have disrupted the central electronic payments systems resulting in a delay in money transfers and siphoning of funds from accounts. […]
Questar confirms ‘Cyber Attack’ on New York student Test
Questar Assessment Inc, a vendor who operates students tests in digital format has confirmed that it became a victim of data breach early this week. New York happens to be one among the 7 states whose student tests were hit by what was reported as a deliberate attack. South Dakota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee happen […]
Britain GCHQ unveils 6 level of Cyber Attacks
Government Communications Headquarters of Britain shortly known as GCHQ has released a new framework to rank 6 level of cyber attacks which have or are hitting its critical infrastructure. The report released by the boss of National Cyber Security Center(NCSC) Ciaran Martin states that the ranking will help in preparing the ministers, agencies and law […]
Cyber Attack on Great Western Railways
British Train operator ‘Great Western Railways’ has confirmed that it was subjected to a cyber attack a fortnight ago in which few of the customer passwords could have been compromised. However, the company claimed that the success rate of the automated cyber attack was extremely low and reassured that no financial information was compromised. Great […]
Cyber Attack leaks payment information of Delta Airlines Customers
A Cyber Attack which occurred on a chat service provider used by Delta Airlines from September 26th to October 12th is said to have leaked payment information to a small subset of customers. The leaked info includes critical details such as passport, certain security credentials, and frequent flyer account information. Though the leak occurred last […]
Cyber Attack shuts down Energy Transfer Partners Pipeline Data System
An electronic data transfer system used by Energy Transfer was crippled by a cyber attack. However, the company said that the attack was on a partial note and all services were securely restored by 6 PM New York time on Monday. The company in the discussion is a 3rd party provider named Energy Services Group […]
Vladimir Putin wins Russian Elections despite Cyber Attack
A DDoS Cyber Attack hit Russia’s Central Election Commission’s (CEC) Information Center on early hours of March 18th, 2018. But the attack was detected and was contained in time by the election commission authorities which then paved way for the smooth progress of Elections which was won by Vladimir Putin consecutively for the 4th time. […]
Porsche admits cyber attack and data breach of 29K Japan customers
Porsche the German Luxury and sports car maker admitted on Tuesday that personal information of over 28,700 Porsche customers from Japan was compromised due to a cyber attack launched in January and February of this year. Cybersecurity Insiders has learned that the info was leaked to hackers from the luxury automaker’s Japanese unit between January […]
