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Cyber Attack

International Cyber Security at the UN: Between Doom and Hesitant Optimism

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 06.11.2013 | World
Lia Petridis Maiello

Clearly, establishing a worldwide regulatory framework for Internet security will require staying power, juridical skill and a strong belief in the need to protect both the integrity of vital Internet resources and the lives of those threatened by cyber insecurity.

One Of The Largest Cyber Attacks Ever Is Happening Right Now

AP / The Huffington Post | By RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 05.27.2013 | Technology

LONDON (AP) — A record-breaking cyberattack targeting an anti-spam watchdog group has sent ripples of disruption coursing across the Web, experts sa...

Bank Hit With Cyber Attack

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2013 | Technology

(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday said its online banking website was experiencing an unusually high volume of traffic that it believes stems fr...

Report For NATO Justifies Killing Of Hackers In A Cyberwar

The Huffington Post | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.22.2013 | Technology

The U.S. government has taken a hard line on hackers lately, charging them with federal crimes that carry lengthy prison sentences. But a new repor...

Our Man in Peking

Francis Levy | Posted 04.09.2013 | Comedy
Francis Levy

In an article entitled "Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months," (NYT, 1/30/13), Nicole Perlroth describes a new universe which reads l...

Taxpayer Data Exposed In Cyberattack

Reuters | Posted 12.27.2012 | Technology

CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct 26 (Reuters) - As many as 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers used b...

We Have Been Warned

Gary Hart | Posted 12.14.2012 | Politics
Gary Hart

How will you know when the "cyber Pearl Harbor" has occurred? When the lights and heat in your home go off. When you can't make a phone call. When no ATM works. When your flight cannot land.

Hackers Break Into White House Computers

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 12.01.2012 | Technology

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is acknowledging an attempt to infiltrate its computer system, but says it thwarted the effort and that no classif...

Another Bank Gets Hit With Cyber Attacks

Reuters | Rick Rothacker | Posted 11.25.2012 | Technology

By Rick Rothacker (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday became the latest bank to suffer problems with its website amid heightened co...

Banks Possibly Hit By Cyber Attacks

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.20.2012 | Home

A financial services security group is warning about possible cyber-attacks on banks, citing "recent credible intelligence." The group, the Financial...

Gerry Smith

U.S. Lacks Adequate Defense Against Cyber Attacks, Experts Warn

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 06.01.2012 | Technology

Since President Barack Obama took office, the United States, along with Israel, has launched a series of cyber attacks that have damaged Iran's nuclea...

Gerry Smith

States Unprepared To Defend Against Cyberattacks, Report Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 05.03.2012 | Technology

While the nation has made strides in preparing for a wide range of potential disasters, state and local officials said they feel least prepared for an...

Gerry Smith

Iran Capable Of Launching Cyberattack Against U.S., Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 04.26.2012 | Technology

When American experts talk about cyber threats from other countries, they often cite elite hackers in China and Russia. On Thursday, some warned ag...

U.S. Government Warns Conglomerate To Fix Security Flaws

Reuters | Jim Finkle | Posted 02.21.2012 | Technology

* Researchers say flaws make systems vulnerable to attack by hackers * Siemens says first fixes will be released in January (Adds comm...

Nasdaq's Poor Computer Security Led To Cyber Attack

Posted 11.18.2011 | Business

A federal investigation into last year's cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax security practices that made the exchange operato...

NYSE Website Outages Prompt Suspicions Of A Cyber Attack

AP | Posted 12.11.2011 | Business

SAN FRANCISCO -- The New York Stock Exchange's website was apparently hobbled twice Monday, possibly the result of computer attacks as part of the ant...

How Do You Tell When You're Under Cyber Attack?

Henry Harrison | Posted 11.07.2011 | Technology
Henry Harrison

The easy answer to the question is that you don't need to -- you can simply assume that you are, all the time. Even your home network is constantly be...

Rogue Hacker Dumps 20,000 Government Employees' Data

eWeek | Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted 10.25.2011 | Technology

A solo attacker has hacked into an events management company and obtained sensitive information belonging to 20,000 individuals, many of whom were Uni...

Why Doesn't Anyone Want to Shout About Cyber Attacks?

Henry Harrison | Posted 10.24.2011 | Technology
Henry Harrison

I was wondering recently why more companies aren't reporting being victims of cyber attacks. What would happen if companies were forced by legislation to report a breach? What if they could do it anonymously?

"Cyber Attack" -- Why It's Not a Great Phrase (But We're Stuck With It)

Henry Harrison | Posted 10.24.2011 | Technology
Henry Harrison

It sounds fantastically sci-fi, and I can see why journalists in particular like it. But "cyber attack" is a really misleading term.

Cyberattacks Target More Government Facilities

Posted 09.06.2011 | Technology

By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. government-funded research laboratories and a defense contractor were targets of a "highly sophistica...

Governments Scramble To Keep Up With Hackers

Posted 08.31.2011 | Technology

By Michael Shields VIENNA (Reuters) - The technical sophistication of cybercriminals is swamping the world's ability to cope, a top U.S. offici...

Pentagon Sets Stage For U.S. To Respond To Computer Sabotage With Military Force

The Wall Street Journal | Siobhan Gorman & Julian E. Barnes | Posted 07.31.2011 | Politics

The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens th...

Retired General: U.S. 'Hugely Vulnerable' To Cyber Attacks

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 06.11.2011 | Technology

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The United States is still "hugely vulnerable" to cyber attacks, but so are most other nations, a former chairman of the Jo...

Pentagon Commander: U.S. Unprepared To Face Cyber Attacks

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military does not have the trained personnel or the legal authorities it needs to respond to a computer-based attack on America...