カテゴリー: Hacking
The attack forced the company to halt production at most of its 30 factories nationwide, including those producing its signature beerThe Asahi group, Japan’s biggest brewery, is reportedly just days away from running out of its most popular beer, as it…
National cyber security centre raises alert level to ‘caution’ as technicians race to restore government systems after battery fire sparked nationwide chaosSouth Korea’s intelligence agency has raised the national cyber threat level, amid concerns that…
The US agency said it refers to this specific North Korean malicious cyber activity as ‘TraderTraitor’North Korea was behind the theft of approximately $1.5bn in virtual assets from a cryptocurrency exchange, the FBI has said, in what is being describe…
As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundaries. What can the rest of the world learn from her vision of a happy and inclusive web?Audrey Tang didn’t have the easiest of starts in life. T…
Volt Typhoon hacking campaign is waiting ‘for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow’, says Christopher WrayChinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into US critical infrastructure and are waiting “for just the right moment to deal a d…
Experts say UK-imposed sanctions will make no difference when hacking is part of ecosystem of dealing with BeijingWith the announcement that the UK government would be imposing sanctions on two individuals and one entity accused of targeting – without …
New Zealand did not follow the US and UK in imposing financial restrictions after accusing Beijing of links to cyber-attacksPoliticians, journalists and critics of Beijing were among those targeted by cyber-attacks run by groups backed by China, wester…
In today’s newsletter: Information about 40 million UK voters was stolen by Chinese spies in a hack that also targeted elected officials. A cybersecurity experts walks us through whether these are isolated incidents, or the tip of a digital iceberg• Si…
China’s NZ embassy denies involvement with the cyber-attack as fresh details provided in the wake of similar breaches in UK and USA group backed by the Chinese state targeted New Zealand government services in a cyber-attack in 2021, New Zealand’s inte…
Report is said to show that attacks on cryptocurrency-related companies helped development of dictatorship’s weapons programmeUN sanctions monitors are investigating dozens of suspected cyber-attacks by North Korea that raked in $3bn to help it further…
Christopher Wray joins Ken McCallum in London, calling Beijing the ‘biggest long-term threat to economic security’The head of the FBI and the leader of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency have delivered an unprecedented joint address raising fresh a…
Employing remote IT workers who are secretly working for Kim Jong-un’s regime poses risks and may breach sanctions, say US agenciesUS officials have warned businesses against inadvertently hiring IT staff from North Korea, saying that rogue freelancers…
Ipac’s website went offline following comments about lawyer Christine Lee reportedly seeking to influence MPsMembers of a cross-party China human rights group have accused Britain’s cybersecurity agency of “failing to respond” with help after their web…
Ipac’s website went offline following comments about lawyer Christine Lee reportedly seeking to influence MPsMembers of a cross-party China human rights group have accused Britain’s cybersecurity agency of “failing to respond” with help after their web…