Latitude Financial refuses to pay cyber-attack ransom demands

Finance company Latitude Financial says it will not give in to ransom demands by cyber criminals behind one of Australia’s largest cyber-attacks. Almost 8 million driver’s licenses of Australian and New Zealand customers have been stolen including more than 6 Read More …

White House ‘very in favor’ of bill thought to target TikTok

One of the authors of a Senate bill that would enable the US commerce department to ban technologies with links to foreign governments has said the Biden White House is “very in favor” of the measure, but stopped short of Read More …

Ransomware Attack Hits Ship-Tracking Firm Royal Dirkzwager

A team of ransomware hackers have published proprietary inside data allegedly obtained the Dutch shipping intelligence agency Royal Dirkzwager, according to cybsersecurity trade press. The leak purportedly include employee passports, contracts and other sensitive information. The hackers claim to have Read More …

“Major” cyberattack compromised sensitive U.S. Marshals Service data

The U.S. Marshals Service is investigating a major ransomware attack that has compromised some of its most sensitive information, including law enforcement materials, and the personal information of employees and potential targets of federal investigations. The cyberattack was considered a Read More …