Ireland: Dept of Foreign Affairs investigating potential cybersecurity incident

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has said that it is investigating a potential cybersecurity incident involving its systems. The DFA said that it was notified by Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) yesterday about the possible security breach and Read More …

Cyber attack affects numerous services at most Nebraska state hospital

The Nebraska Hospital Association said most state hospitals were affected by a cyber attack. The NHA said Change Health Care was hit with the attack on Feb. 21. The technology company assists with things like prior authorizations, insurance verification and Read More …

A ransomware gang claims to have hacked nearly 200GB of Epic Games internal data

A ransomware gang claims to have hacked Epic Games, saying it has nearly 200 gigabytes of internal data. Reportedly, the gang, which goes by the name Mogilevich, posted a message on its darknet leak site giving more information on its Read More …

Pennsylvania: Welch plant in North East restarts after cyber attack shuts facility down for 3 weeks

In a statement provided to the Erie Times-News, the company said: “On Monday, we restarted our spreads production bringing more than 100 employees back to work at our North East plant. We expect additional employees to return to work over the Read More …

Most data breaches on enterprise attack the supply chain

The vast majority of data breaches happening in the enterprise occurred through the software and technology supply chain. This is according to the Global Third-Party Cybersecurity Breach Report, a new research paper published by the SecurityScorecard security organization. As per Read More …

Lockbit cybercrime gang says it is back online following global police bust

Lockbit, the cybercrime gang that was knocked offline by a comprehensive international police operation earlier this month, says it has restored its servers and is back in business. The group, notorious on the internet’s criminal underground for using malicious software Read More …

Charlotte Cowles’s $50,000 Scam Article, Anyone Can Become a Victim

“You must follow my directions very carefully. We do not have much time.” These are some of the words scammers used to influence and ultimately defraud Charlotte Cowles, a financial columnist at New York Magazine, in an elaborate imposter scam Read More …

Canada: RCMP confirms ‘alarming’ cyber event targeting its networks

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed to CTV News on Friday that it was dealing with a cyber event that targeted its networks, forcing it to launch a criminal investigation into the breach. “At this time, there is no impact Read More …

China’s top anti-espionage authority warns of secret leaks through smart wearable devices

China’s top anti-espionage authority warned on Friday that various smart wearable devices may become “cyber spies” used by foreign intelligence agencies to carry out espionage activities, posing a threat to national security. The Ministry of State Security (MSS) said on Read More …