Cyber Attack
US FBI helps Qatar solve Cyber Attack incident of Qatar News Agency!
Qatar’s Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani issued a public statement today accusing two Muslim nations of hacking the state-run Qatar News Agency(QNA) website and its social media accounts in May last year. In an interview given to Qatar TV, Al Thani who is also a Deputy Prime Minister said that his […]
Data of more than 1 Billion Indian Aadhaar cards is open to Cyber Attack!
A White Paper released by Reserve Bank of India(RBI), India’s Central Banking Institution, has disclosed that for the first time in the history of India, there is now a readily available single target for cybercriminals in the form of Aadhaar details. Aadhaar is a Unique Identity Number issued to all Indian based on their biometrics […]
Cyber Attack on 2018 Winter Olympics detected!
While South Korea is preparing to host 2018 Winter Olympics between February 9th to 25th 2018 in Pyeongchang County, hackers, on the other hand, seem to be preparing well to attack the XXIII Olympic Winter Games with a wave of cyber threats. Security analysts from Cybersecurity firm McAfee have discovered a cyber attack campaign targeting […]
Cyber Attack on NiceHash Crypto Mining website results in CEO Resignation!
Cyber Attack on Crypto Mining website NiceHash has resulted in the resignation of Marko Kobal, the co-founder, and CEO of the said Slovenian startup. So, the New Year 2018 witnessed Kobal replacement with Zdravko Poljasevic as ‘NiceHash’ CEO. Going further into the details, NiceHash witnessed a cyber attack on its database on December 6th,2017. The […]
Jones Memorial Hospital experiencing computer downtime due to Cyber Attack!
New York-based 70 bed Jones Memorial Hospital(JMH) has admitted that it is experiencing computer downtime due to a cyber attack on their main server. Hospital authorities say that the attack’s impact could vary and is yet to be analyzed. Since this is a holiday season, most of the IT staff are said to be on […]
Hackers launch Ransomware attack on more than 100 countries
A major cyber attack crippling thousands of computers and networks was launched by a group of hackers from North Korea. It is said to be a coordinated cyber attack and has so far hit companies operating in more than 100 countries. The attack was a ‘Wannacry’ ransomware attack which tricked victims into opening malicious malware […]
Cyber Attack on Britain’s National Health Service
A massive cyber attack was launched on Britain’s National Health Services blocking doctors from gaining access to patient files and causing panic among patients hailing from 16 healthcare institutions. As per our sources, a similar attack was also launched on Spanish and Portuguese companies like Telefonica which happens to be Spain’s largest Telecom operator. Some […]
Cyber attack on Wonga Database affects 250,000 customer bank details
British Payday loan offering company Wonga has made it official that a data breach occurred on its database leaking critical info of more than 250,000 of its customers. The UK-based payday loan lender added that the stolen details could include addresses, names, bank account numbers, and sort codes. Officials from Wonga said that around 245,000 […]
Putin denies US Election 2016 hack and said CIA can mask its own Cyber Attacks
Russian President Vladimir Putin denied claims that his nation interfered in US Elections 2016 and added that CIA has the potential to mask its own cyber attacks and frame nations like China, Russia, and North Korea for doing so. Putin added that the claims of interference were purely fictional, illusory and provocative lies framed by […]
Cyber Attack on Singapore’s Ministry of Defense
Singapore’s Defense Ministry was a victim of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attack early this month but was only announced on Tuesday. And it resulted in stealing of personal data of more than 850 employees which include conscripted military personnel. The stolen data includes email ids, telephone numbers, date of births and national […]
