Israeli hacker group takes responsibility for reported collapse of Wi-Fi in Iran

The Israeli hacker group, “We Red Evils Original”, took responsibility for reported WiFi outages in Iran, according to Israeli media on Thursday night. Shortly before reports in Iran, the group posted a message on their Telegram saying, ‘In the coming Read More …

CrowdStrike is sued by shareholders over huge software outage

CrowdStrike has been sued by shareholders who said the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing how its inadequate software testing could cause the July 19 global outage that crashed more than 8 million computers. In a proposed class action filed Read More …

OneBlood hit by ransomware attack, tells hospitals to activate critical shortage alerts

Nonprofit medical organization OneBlood, which plays a crucial role in serving facilities across the Southeastern US, has been targeted in a ransomware attack which caused an IT systems outage, causingover 250 hospitals to activate critical blood shortage protocols. The move Read More …

Microsoft says cyber-attack triggered latest outage

A global outage affecting Microsoft products including email service Outlook and video game Minecraft has been resolved, the technology giant said in an update, external. The firm said preliminary investigations show the outage was caused by a cyber-attack and a Read More …

Georgia: Columbus hit by data breach, officials say not considered ransomware incident

Columbus experienced a data breach last Wednesday, the same day as an internet outage, city officials say. The only information believed to have been accessed are employees’ names, work emails and passwords, according to Mike Richardson, the city’s director of Read More …

Bangladesh restores mobile internet after 11-day blackout to quell protests

Bangladesh has restored mobile internet, 11 days after a nationwide blackout was imposed to contain deadly protests over quotas in government jobs. The South Asian nation’s 4G mobile internet services resumed on Sunday, hours after Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the state Read More …

Investigators probe suspected sabotage of French fiber optic network

The disruptions occurred early Wednesday, hitting several — but not all — internet operators. Authorities suggested the damage to the cables was intentional. The prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation on charges of “damaging goods of a nature of harming Read More …

Russian banking sector faced DDoS attack planned from abroad

The Russian banking sector was exposed to a DDoS attack planned from overseas, the VTB Bank press service told TASS. “The banking sector was exposed to the DDoS attack orchestrated from overseas. A minor share of VTB clients faced individual Read More …

Cyberattack closes Jefferson County Clerk’s Office, all motor vehicle branches

A cyber attack forced the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office to close its eight branches this week. The attack was first discovered at 2:24 a.m. Monday, said Ashley Tinius, a spokesperson for the office. The office has been working with a Read More …

Ransomware attack shuts down The Superior Court of Los Angeles County

The Superior Court of Los Angeles County will be closed on Monday as they continue to recover from a ransomware attack that happened last week. Because of this, all 36 courthouse locations across LA County will be closed to start Read More …