Hacking

We use internet-connected devices to access our bank accounts, keep our transport systems moving, communicate with our colleagues, listen to music, undertake commercially sensitive tasks – and order pizza.Digital security is integral to our lives, every day. And as our IT systems become more complex, the potential for vulnerabilities increases. More and more organisations are being breached, leading to financial loss, interrupted supply chains and identity fraud.The current best practice in secure technology architecture…

Musk would have been appointed to Twitter's board on Saturday, but the world's richest man informed the company on the day that he would not, in fact, be taking the board seat.Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTwitter reached a $150 million settlement with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission over alleged misrepresentations of its data privacy practices, the agencies announced on Wednesday.The settlement, which still needs to be approved by a federal judge, would resolve claims from the…

The attorney general for Washington, D.C., sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, alleging that he participated in decision-making that led to the Cambridge Analytica data breach. Filed in D.C. Superior Court, the suit echoes charges that the office of Attorney General Karl Racine leveled last year, when it sought to name Mr. Zuckerberg as a defendant in a lawsuit it filed in 2018 against…

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announces a civil lawsuit against extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, over the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, at the Capitol in Washington, December 14, 2021.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersDistrict of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over his alleged role in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.The new lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges Zuckerberg was closely involved in envisioning and carrying out the framework on…

Some of the highest profile cyberattacks on the U.S. in recent years are alleged to have originated in Russia, including the 2021 attack on the Colonial Pipeline — the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. — the SolarWinds attack in 2020, and the 2016 hacking into the Democratic National Committee. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in January of this year, the U.S. government has warned of an elevated risk of a cyber attack, which Russia could use to try to draw the U.S. into a direct conflict. Despite the increased threat, small…

Authorities in Sweden and Finland have raised alert levels for cyberattacks, concerned they face increased hacking risks because of the war in Ukraine and the two Nordic countries’ subsequent applications to join NATO.Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, cybersecurity officials in Sweden and Finland haven’t seen an increase in attacks targeting critical infrastructure, though they say the countries are becoming more interesting targets for hacking groups with Russian ties.…

WASHINGTON—Top U.S. officials who oversee the Internal Revenue Service are expressing growing dismay with a year-old D.C. mystery: how confidential information about the nation’s wealthiest and highest-income taxpayers—including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk —became public.Extensive disclosures to news organization ProPublica made public the tax figures of many of the most well-known ultrawealthy Americans, showing their incomes, payments and tax strategies. There…

The US Department of Justice says it won’t subject “good-faith security research” to charges under anti-hacking laws, acknowledging long-standing concerns around the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Prosecutors must also avoid charging people for simply violating a website’s terms of service — including minor rule-breaking like embellishing a dating profile — or using a work-related computer for personal tasks. The new DOJ policy attempts to allay fears about the CFAA’s broad and ambiguous scope following a 2021…

Insurers significantly increased premiums for cyber coverage over the course of 2021, as a string of high-profile attacks and government action helped boost demand for products, data collected by industry bodies shows.Direct-written premiums collected by the largest U.S. insurance carriers in 2021 swelled by 92% year-over-year, according to information submitted to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, an industry watchdog, and compiled by ratings firms. Analysts say that the increase primarily reflects…

Dozens of employees at Ukrainian cybersecurity startup Hacken fled their war-torn country and found refuge about 2,000 miles away in Portugal. Since then, they have managed to keep their business alive and are now supporting cyber operations against Russia.The company moved its main office from Kyiv to Lisbon, with stops in between, mirroring the drastic measures taken by millions of Ukrainians seeking to escape danger and preserve their livelihoods while the Kremlin wreaks havoc. For Hacken Chief Executive Dmytro…