In the latest warning underscoring the danger to U.S. critical infrastructure from Chinese hackers, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a conference in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday that Beijing is poised “for just the right moment” to unleash chaos upon the American grid. The remarks were made at a security forum at Vanderbilt University, in which […]
Last May I wrote about a group of Chinese hackers who’d been identified by Microsoft after malware was discovered in telecom systems on the island of Guam. Microsoft named the hacking group “Volt Typhoon.” Microsoft called the hacking group “Volt Typhoon” and said that it was part of a state-sponsored Chinese effort aimed at not […]
The short answer to the question in my headline is probably so. Andre Freund is a software engineer for Microsoft who is located in San Francisco. His normal work is focused on database software called PostgreSQL but recently he stumbled across a backdoor placed in a piece of software which would have eventually spread around […]
WASHINGTON — Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a sweeping, state-backed operation that targeted U.S. officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists and the U.K.’s election watchdog, American and British authorities said Monday in announcing a set of criminal charges and sanctions. The intention of the campaign, which officials say began in 2010, was to harass […]
We live in some pretty weird times. Now you can make a killing by hacking famous politicians’ court documents and holding them hostage. It’s happening to former President Donald Trump right now. A hacker group claims that it has managed to get its digital hands on Trump’s court documents […]
A hacking group claims it has documents related to the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and has threatened to release them. The group at one point set a deadline of Saturday to be paid a ransom, according to Business Insider. On Saturday, however, the group said it must be paid by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray will tell House lawmakers on Wednesday in a fresh warning from Washington about Beijing’s global ambitions. Wray will say that there’s been “far too little […]
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