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Beijing - based cryptocurrency trading post Vircurex recently admitted that cyberattacks last year and recent «large fund withdrawals in the last weeks» have left the company in the red — as it dipped in to cold storage to compensate users after security breaches.

Not exact matches

This is the second time this year that the U.S. and U.K. have attributed cyberattacks on Russia, following their unprecedented attribution in February of last year's extremely expensive NotPetya attack.

Sony Pictures this week backtracked from its original decision to cancel the release of the $ 44 million film after major U.S. theater chains pulled out because of threats of violence by Guardians of Peace, a computer hacking group that claimed responsibility for a destructive cyberattack on Sony last month.

A specialist EU team that detects and counters Russian cyberattacks, the East Stratcom Task Force, has reported an increase in campaigns aimed at aggravating the crisis, in what is a clear echo of the charges made against Russia in the U.S. election campaign last year, and the French and German election campaigns this year.

Sophos's figures echo those released last week from a McAfee study, which warned of the growing threat of cyberattack on critical systems.

This is the second time this year that the U.S. and UK have called out the Kremlin's hacking, last fingering the nation in February for its supposed role in last year's destructive «NotPetya» cyberattacks.

The company found that nearly 80 % of U.S. companies suffered a cyberattack of some kind in the last year, with 47 % experiencing a «ransomware incident.»

The cyberattack, dubbed «Petya,» bears the hallmarks of last month's «WannaCry» ransomware attack, which swept across 150 countries and crippled transportation systems and major hospitals.

A cyberattack on a shared data network forced four of the nation's natural - gas pipeline operators to temporarily shut down computer communications with their customers over the last week.

U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month's massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday.

The film that triggered the devastating cyberattack on the studio last month, which the United States says was launched by North Korea, opened Thursday in 331 independent theaters with a $ 1 million box office and $ 1.8 million over the subsequent three days, according to Sony.

Last month a report from McAfee and the Ce nter for Strategic and International Studies revealed a growing threat of cyberattack, with widespread attacks on critical systems.

The most famous example is last year's WannaCry cyberattack, in which North Korean hackers used malicious software stolen from the National Security Agency to attack tens of thousands of people in more than 70 countries.

In the U.K., there were reports that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was warned last summer that National Health Service organizations were at risk of cyberattacks.

BOSTON (Reuters)- The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned U.S. businesses that hackers have used malicious software to launch a destructive cyberattack in the United States, following a devastating breach last week at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The difficulties of bridging the partisan gap were in evidence on their last day, when lawmakers were unable to agree on two pressing problems: how to help livestock producers suffering from widespread drought and how to protect critical industries from cyberattacks launched by terrorists or other enemies.

The 2013 attack on the Bowman Dam in Rye Brook did not cause any lasting damage, but served as another wakeup call to state and federal security agencies about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to cyberattack.

With a rash of cyberattacks in the Middle East and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warning of a possible «cyber Pearl Harbor,» Carr was in constant demand last year.

The explosion in cyberattacks, (last year, over three billion records were leaked by organisations, including education establishments,) the introduction of tighter data protection regulations (GDPR) and the DfE's more stringent web filtering regulations means your broadband provider will need to have this covered as well.

The number of successful cyberattacks per year per company has increased by 46 % over the last four years.

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The number of successful cyberattacks per year per company has increased by 46 % over the last four years.

Companies need to create and rehearse an incident response plan to avoid late intervention during a cyberattack, according to panellists speaking at a conference in Toronto last week.

Last Friday's cyberattack on tens of thousands of computers around the world revealed businesses» and other organizations» vulnerability to ransomware and extortion.

Fear of a cyberattack is on the rise, the survey revealed, with more than one - quarter saying their company had been the victim of a data breach in the last two years, versus 22 percent who had reported a recent breach in the 2016 survey.

The alert elaborates on «Russian government actions targeting U.S. Government entities as well as organizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors» — a goal consistent with suspected Russian cyberattacks like last year's NotPetya malware which focused on industrial targets and past hacks of energy systems in Ukraine.

With last year reporting the highest level of cyberattacks yet, this year is a year of prevention.

Last week, some bitcoin exchanges suffered from cyberattacks, while others closed down and took users» money with them.

The six largest cryptocurrencies, including the flagship bitcoin, have all sunk in the last 24 hours, according to data from Markets Insider, following a major cyberattack against a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange last week which resulted in the loss of $ 400 million.

Several cybersecurity experts this week cautioned against underestimating the seriousness of a cyberattack on an EDI service provider that disrupted data communication services at four major US interstate gas pipeline companies in the last few days.

The exchange confirmed that the first cyberattack was registered on 9 May and lasted for three days in a row.