Sentences with phrase «of hacked systems»

According to records in the online communications panel that the miscreants used to control their network of hacked systems, the affected NW3C server was taken offline on or around Aug. 17, 2013, indicating that the organization's networks were compromised for approximately 11 weeks this summer.

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A hack, the way Parker defines it, is «a clever work - around or a clever way of leveraging an existing system to do something you didn't think it was going to be able to do.»

Intelligent cars capable of communicating with one another and with outside systems — thanks to companies like Peloton and Zendrive — are also vulnerable to hacking, so startups like Argus Cyber Security and Movimento offer protection.

In 2014 — seven years after the suspected Russian hack — engineers at the University of Michigan studied Estonia's online - voting system and concluded that determined hackers — such as Russian operatives — could feasibly penetrate it, creating fake votes or altering the totals in order to rig elections «quite possibly without a trace,» they wrote in their report.

In the wake of the Wendy's hack that hit hundreds of franchisees, the company said its own restaurants and new point - of - sale payments system were unaffected.

Even today, dedicated Apple fans are hacking their Cubes with more modern hardware and newer versions of the Mac operating system.

A hacking group known as Guardians of Peace infiltrated the Hollywood studio's corporate email system, and then leaked sensitive data.

Seven states reported that their systems were hacked by Russians, according to Reuters, but the Department of Homeland Security has disputed these claims.

The report, co-written with risk - modeling firm Cyence, examined potential economic losses from the hypothetical hacking of a cloud service provider and cyber attacks on computer operating systems run by businesses worldwide.

Average losses for a scenario involving a hacking of operating systems ranged from $ 9.7 billion to $ 28.7 billion.

The data breach, attributed to an employee who fell for a malicious «phishing» email in November, is just the latest example of a medical system infiltrated by cybercriminals — and you should expect to see even more health care data hacks in the coming years.

Protagonist Aiden Pearce is a vigilante who can hack into the central operating system that runs near - future Chicago, and in doing so can control much of the city itself and access information on its inhabitants.

He said hospitals in general were badly protected against hacking, partly because of underfunding and partly because some older medical machines are not compatible with the latest versions of software operating systems.

Japan's Financial Services Agency told Coincheck to get its systems in order after the hack — the exchange had been storing customer assets in an internet - connected «hot wallet,» which is something of a security no - no.

That way, if a merchant's system gets hacked, only the alternative number is compromised, and that number would require one - time security codes available only with the physical possession of your phone.

Just last year the global bank - transfer system SWIFT was hacked, and tens of millions of dollars were stolen.

«We have fundamentally revamped the security of our systems, because we're very worried about hacking and the integrity of our membership file.

That would be Jennifer Doudna, of UC Berkeley, who developed the modern - day version of CRISPR — a revolutionary hack of an age - old bacterial defense system — with Emmanuelle Charpentier, who is now affiliated with Berlin's Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology.

Other cases were attributed to criminals, insider threats, and so - called «hacktivists,» people who hack into computer systems as part of a broader cause.

Biometric systems have historically been hacked by people making casts of people's fingerprints, or taking photos of people's irises.

Honda Canada has shifted into damage control after the automobile manufacturer's computer systems were hacked earlier this year, prompting the company to mail out letters to thousands of Honda and Acura customers.

This new system comes after several hacking attacks targeted the Gmail accounts of prominent individuals.

Home Depot could be the latest victim in a string of sophisticated payment system hacks targeting major retail chains.

Despite suffering from a massive hack in 2011, which resulted in losing personal data of over 100 million Playstation users, Sony seems to have mismanaged its cybersecurity system again.

This allows users more flexibility, but is also, as Proofpoint puts it, «an extremely risky practice,» and part of the reason Android systems are more vulnerable to viruses and hacking than iPhones.

Michigan does not have an audit system, but it's important to note that the state's residents vote on optical scan machines, a type of machine that's considered less vulnerable to hacking than the paperless, touchscreen machines used in some other states.

According to a fascinatingly nerdy deep dive into the subject in the New Yorker, the current mania for the word «hack» all started way back in the 1950s at MIT, where members of the model railroad club were already warning those «hacking on the electrical system turn the power off to avoid fuse blowing.»

Researchers already have identified malware capable of hacking a car through its infotainment system and warn that something as seemingly innocuous as a Wi - Fi - enabled digital picture frame could allow intruders to access a home's entire network of connected devices and private information.

After much public shaming, Equifax backed up on some terms, but not before demonstrating that its first instinct was to gouge consumers and profit off the hack of its own system.

Friday's dump contains potent exploits and hacking tools that target most versions of Microsoft Windows and evidence of sophisticated hacks on the SWIFT banking system of several banks across the world.

However, researchers have been finding more security holes in machines containing Apple operating systems as of late, making them prime for hacks.

And reports that Russia may be working acquire such a capability came before the revelations of the 2016 US Presidential campaign cycle, where Moscow mined sensitive party communications via hacking and cyber espionage and weaponized wikileaks as a delivery system for strategically distribute this private information.

People knowingly provided their information, no systems were infiltrated, and no passwords or sensitive pieces of information were stolen or hacked.

Two weeks ago, Equifax — one of the country's biggest credit reporting agencies — announced that its systems were hacked by cybercriminals, exposing the Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers of 143 million Americans.

This is a hacking suite or toolkit that contains several plug - and - play exploits to attack several versions of Windows operating system.

A team of researchers have developed a new encryption system that's basically hack - proof, potentially improving the state of cybersecurity.

But today, the group released what's probably its most explosive — and damaging — dump yet: a collection of several alleged NSA hacking tools for Microsoft Windows systems, likely including multiple unknown exploits, or zero - days.

The hack into Ashley Madison's system follows attacks on the likes of Sony Pictures Entertainment and retailer Target that inflicted damage to companies as well as customers.

They then quickly spread through victims» systems using a hacking method that the N.S.A. is believed to have developed as part of its arsenal of cyberweapons.

Just as with other recent large - scale data manipulations, from the recent Strava app fiasco to the widescale distribution and spread of fake news on social media, Cambridge Analytica didn't «hack» our internet usage and our Facebook information so much as exploit the way the system was naturally designed to work.

As a Facebook spokesperson reiterated to the New York Times, «No systems were infiltrated, and no passwords or sensitive pieces of information were stolen or hacked.»

Ethiopia, which has been accused of human rights violations, previously acquired surveillance systems from Germany - based Gamma International's FinFisher and Italy - based Hacking Team's Remote Control System.

«People knowingly provided their information, no systems were infiltrated, and no passwords or sensitive pieces of information were stolen or hacked,» it writes

On Thursday, the United States trade representative issued a lengthy report outlining a pattern of predatory behavior by the Chinese, including forcing American companies to transfer valuable technology and trade secrets, and «systematic» data theft by China through hacking of American computer systems.

In 2015 and 2016, Russian intelligence services hacked into the DNC's computers, penetrated its phone systems, and exfiltrated tens of thousands of documents and emails.

Cryptocurrency mining operations, illegal or not, are becoming a real problem for the higher education sector, where hackers have found plenty of easy to hack systems, but also where students are using university resources to make an extra profit via deliberate cryptocurrency mining.

The Sony hack has underscored the vulnerability of corporate computer systems in an increasingly connected world.

Therefore, if blockchain is more widely adopted, the possibility of hacking could go down, as the cyber protections of the technology are more robust than legacy systems.

The pc system of the Metropolis of Atlanta authorities has been hacked, affecting cost instruments and a few court docket knowledge.

This announcement comes just days after the news that the agency's EDGAR filing system was the target of a 2016 hack.