The Department of Homeland Security this week warned U.S. organizations to be prepared for a cyberattack, though DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkassaidthere is no “specific credible cyber threat” against the U.S. homeland. Officials in the U.K.issueda similar warning. Government an...
CBS MoneyWatch spoke with Krebs, who said Russian cyberattacks are not limited to Ukraine."The internet has collapsed the spaces between us. So even though Ukraine seems very far away, every company should be on high alert." The interview below has been edited for clarity and brevity. How ...
A spokesperson for the foreign ministry in Berlin stated Russia is responsible for a renewed cyber attack on the German parliament. According to the EU, the attacks targeted "numerous members of Parliaments, government officials, etc. in the EU by accessing computer systems and personal accounts ...
CURRENT and former government officials painted a sinister portrait Wednesday of Russian cyberattacks on the United States aimed at interfering in the U.S. presidential election last year. Moscow stockpiled stolen information and selectively disseminated it during the campaign in an effort to undermine ...
National security officials met for the first time on Monday to assess the damage. Robert O’Brien chaired the classified session to “take stock of the intelligence, the investigation and the actions being taken to remediate” the attack. It included Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Sec...
According to new reports, multiple US government agencies, as well as “several hundred” companies and organizations have been targeted as part of a recent Russian-based hacking spree. Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity for the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...
NEW YORK, August 26. /TASS/. Russian citizen Egor Kriuchkov has been arrested in Los Angeles, California for alleged conspiracy to commit a cyber crime, the US Justice Department noted in a statement Tuesday. According to the statement, the Russian, 27, between July 15 and August 22, cons...
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco told the virtual Munich Cyber Security Conference on Thursday when asked about the chances of catastrophic spillover from a cyberattack on Ukraine. "It's not hypothetical," Monaco said, pointing to the June 2017 "NotPetya" virus, engineered by Russia's ...
The new indictment was unsealed on Thursday. Erek Barron, the top federal prosecutor in Maryland, said the hackers conducted "global malicious cyberoperations" around the world using malware known as Whispergate. The Justice Department described Whispergate as a "cyberweapon designed to completely ...
Cyberattack (illustrative) (credit: PEXELS) Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the domestic security agency that also conducts espionage campaigns for Moscow, and Russia's embassy in Washington did not respond to emailed requests for comment. ...