Facebook was increasingly grappling
with cyberattacks from countries like Iran, whose hackers were caught trying to break into the accounts of State Department employees, and from Russia, the current and former employees said.
Richard is experienced in crisis management, and increasingly acts for companies and financial institutions dealing
with cyberattacks, and associated regulatory, criminal and litigation issues.
Minnesota reports problems
with cyberattacks on its end - of - year tests.
The SEC just revealed that the vast majority of brokerages and financial advisers have been hit
with cyberattacks.
Can a non-state actor take down critical infrastructure
with a cyberattack?
«Court system hit
with cyberattack»: Tony Romm of Politico.com has a report that begins, «Unidentified hackers took aim at the federal court system Friday, blocking access to its public website while preventing lawyers and litigants from filing legal documents online.»
Not exact matches
In explaining its reasons for closing shop, Bitconnect cited the relentless
cyberattacks it was experiencing along
with «bad press» and «cease and desist» letters it received from two U.S. securities regulators.
This was also a reckless and indiscriminate
cyberattack that will be met
with international consequences,» Sanders said.
Washington, D.C. - area hospital chain MedStar became the latest health care industry victim of a
cyberattack Monday as hackers infiltrated its systems
with a virus that crippled its IT infrastructure.
Stein has argued, without evidence, that irregularities in the votes in all three states suggest that there could have been tampering
with the vote, perhaps through a well - coordinated, highly complex
cyberattack.
U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled expanded criminal charges against three men in connection
with a massive 2014
cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and the hacking of several other major financial companies and financial news publishers.
Most of the
cyberattacks will come this week from nation - states or protesters, the official charged
with protecting the network says.
A
cyberattack forced four natural - gas pipeline operators to temporarily shut down computer communications
with their customers.
The U.S. seems to be the hardest - hit country,
with 22 % of American firms reporting over 20
cyberattacks of some kind during the past year.
«As a result of these
cyberattacks these banks are having difficulties
with client services and carrying out banking operations,» the bank said in a statement.
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.»
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.
It was still unclear whether Sony, which is still struggling
with the impact of the
cyberattack, would recoup the money it spent to make the film and the $ 30 million or $ 40 million in estimated marketing costs.
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.
And according to a top - secret National Security Agency document leaked to the Intercept and published earlier this month, hackers associated
with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company
with information on US voting software days before the election and used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed»
cyberattacks on local government officials.
Every year brings its crop of damaging hacks, brought about by an evolving arsenal of
cyberattack techniques, which the security industry strives to defend
with existing tools while gathering intelligence on new vulnerabilities.
Obama altered an executive order he issued in April 2015 that allows the US to retaliate against
cyberattacks to include those «interfering
with or undermining election processes or institutions.»
The site signed up some 12,000 paying subscribers, providing them
with both primers for
cyberattack and Trojan software, which hackers use to illegally control computers.
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.
«When we see malicious
cyberattacks, whether from the Kremlin or other nation - state actors, we are going to push back,» Rob Joyce, a special assistant to the president and the cybersecurity coordinator for the National Security Council, said in joint conference call
with journalists by senior officials in Washington and London.
A version of this article appears in print on May 13, 2013, on Page A6 of the New York edition
with the headline:
Cyberattacks on the Rise Against U.S. Corporations.
Constant news about
cyberattacks and data storage hassles delivered a banner year for CMIT Solutions,
with 30 new territories awarded within an already strong network of 170 + franchise partners across North America.
With a new
cyberattack hitting the news on what seems to be a weekly basis, financial heavyweights are investing millions of dollars...
The FCC later said that it was hit by «multiple»
cyberattacks shortly after the show aired designed to «bombard the FCC's comment system
with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host.»
With economic growth strengthening around the globe, business leaders are finding it easier to stiff - arm worries over geopolitical conflagrations,
cyberattacks, climate change - related events and the rest of the lineup of potentially destabilizing calamities that form part of the Trump era.
A version of this article appears in print on June 1, 2012, on Page A1 of the New York edition
with the headline: Obama Order Sped Up Wave Of
Cyberattacks Against Iran.
He added that the volume of the tariffs was in line
with the White House's calculation that the Chinese have cheated the United States out of $ 50 billion worth of intellectual property through coercion and
cyberattacks.
An Austrian aerospace parts manufacturer — FACC, has been the target of a
cyberattack that resulted in cybercriminals making away
with a staggering $ 55 million from...
He didn't call the problem a
cyberattack, but said in an email, «We do know that a data pattern presented itself that was not consistent
with anything we have experienced prior.»
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand teamed up
with a leading Republican colleague, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, to propose an independent commission to investigate how Russian
cyberattacks affected the 2016 election and how such meddling can be prevented in the future.
The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges in a
cyberattack on Bowman Avenue Dam, a small flood - control structure in Rye Brook about 20 miles outside NYC, a case U.S. officials have linked to Iran, a person familiar
with the matter said.
A Russian
cyberattack that targeted Democratic politicians was bigger than it first appeared and breached the private email accounts of more than 100 party officials and groups, officials
with knowledge of the case said.
New regulations to crack down on
cyberattacks and fraud will help protect North Country residents, as will the increased measures to combat the heroin crisis and aid residents
with recovery and ongoing treatment.
«What evidence is available publicly is consistent
with a car
cyberattack,» says Clarke in a Huffington Post interview.
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.
• TECHNOLOGY Cars
with increasingly sophisticated onboard computers may be in danger of
cyberattacks.
Researchers took a three - dimensional approach to this study by looking at what the users» task performance was through evaluating how they process the tasks of detecting
cyberattacks with neural activity, which was captured using electroencephalogram, or EEG, cognitive metrics and
with eye gaze patterns, which were captured using an eye - tracker.
Ukraine has claimed Russia was behind the NotPetya
cyberattack that caused havoc around the world,
with Ukraine itself apparently the hardest hit.
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New challenges frequently require more than fast communication to respond to environmental business challenges, such as
cyberattacks and competitors
with innovative products.
This week, companies are struggling to cope
with another massive
cyberattack that crippled computers worldwide.
With the number of
cyberattacks on the rise, ensuring this infrastructure is secure at all times has never been more important.
External catalysts today could include war breaking out
with North Korea, a nuclear device being detonated somewhere, a sovereign debt default, a
cyberattack on critical infrastructure in the United States, or something that threatens business and commerce.
Ralph Kroman, partner
with WeirFoulds LLP in Toronto, says it's never a bad idea for a lawyer to be proactive rather than reactive, but when it comes to protecting customer information and the organization from potential litigation, in - house can never be too careful when preparing for a
cyberattack and its aftermath.