Sentences with phrase «sponsored hackers attacked»

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U.S. officials are concerned by the specter of former military and intelligence officers working at Kaspersky, and fear that the company's software could allow Russian state - sponsored hackers to steal user files, read private email correspondence or attack critical infrastructure in the United States.

She said even «robust» defenses are not enough to defend against state - sponsored attacks and compared the fight with hackers to an «arms race.»

«We now know that Russian intelligence officers and state - sponsored hackers were responsible for highly complex and sophisticated attacks on Yahoos systems,» Mayer said.

Three U.S. intelligence officials, who declined to be identified by name, said they believed the attack was state - sponsored because of its resemblance to previous hacks traced to Russian intelligence agencies or hackers acting at their direction.

Canada was also called a prime target for cybercrime, state - sponsored attacks and lone hackers, said the final draft version of the April 2016 report, which was obtained by The Canadian Press via the Access to Information Act.

While the Sponsor believes it has developed a proprietary Security System reasonably designed to safeguard, to the extent possible, the Trust's Bitcoins from theft, loss, destruction or other issues relating to hackers and technological attack, the Security System is not impenetrable and may not be free from defect, and any loss due to a security breach or software defect will be borne by the Trust, absent gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud on the part of the Sponsor, the Trustee or their agents.

Cybercriminals and state - sponsored hackers alike have attacked law firms, large and small — and they are all too often successful because employees are not trained in safe computing, security patches and updates are not installed, out - of - support software (receiving no security updates) continues to be used, and they do not employ encryption.

«We now know that Russian intelligence officers and state - sponsored hackers were responsible for highly complex and sophisticated attacks on Yahoo's systems.»

The new digital global age reality means that computer networks and peripherals are under constant attack from a variety of adversaries — amateur hackers, «hacktivists» (hackers claiming a moral agenda), criminal syndicates, nation / state - sponsored intruders and state actors — planning ways of bringing chaos and harm to targeted nations» infrastructure in CGS, and its NGIOA.

North Korea is believed to have a large stake in cryptocurrencies and its state - sponsored hackers are often blamed for attacks on exchanges and spreading ransomware that seeks payment through digital cash.

securityledger.com - Dutch intelligence is claiming to have observed Russian state - sponsored hackers known as Cozy Bear attacking Democratic Party organizations in the U.S. beginning in 2014.