カテゴリー: Cybercrime
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…
With the Electoral Commission the latest target on a list that includes the economy and supply chains, experts warn of data-gathering ‘on an industrial scale’In March last year an integrated review of the UK’s defence and foreign policy said it would p…
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…
Police investigate after employee says she was tricked into sending money to fraudsters posing as senior officers at her firmHong Kong police have launched an investigation after an employee at an unnamed company claimed she was duped into paying HK$20…
Organised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scamming operations Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked and forced to work for online scamming operations in south-east Asia run by…
Government websites and email still offline, leading to delays in payments and services across the countryOne month after a cyber-attack brought down government servers and websites in Vanuatu, frustrated officials were still using private Gmail accoun…
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…
The regime has launched at least seven cyber-attacks on cryptocurrency platforms, say blockchain expertsNorth Korea has launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms that extracted nearly $400m worth of digital assets last year, one of it…
Huang Chia-lu responds to the news that a Chinese official is seeking election to Interpol’s executive committee, and urges the international community to support Taiwan’s participation You rightly point out the concerns of human rights activists and i…
Rachel Noble said the Chinese government’s actions ‘crossed a line’ as she spoke at an inquiry on proposed cyber lawsAustralia’s top cyber spy says China’s actions in the hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software were akin to propping open the d…
Tech firm, which just launched its IPO in New York, is latest online giant to be targeted by Chinese authoritiesChina’s internet regulator has launched an investigation into one of the country’s biggest ride-hailing services, Didi, two days after the c…
Nurgul Sawut, who has been named on a Chinese blacklist, says she’s experienced online trolling, nasty messages and malwareA Uyghur activist in Australia who has been the target of cyber-attacks by hacker groups in China says the Australian government …
Bank gave no indication of whether another government or a criminal organisation might be behind attackNew Zealand’s central bank says that one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker who potentially accessed commercially and pe…
Intelligence cyber crime agencies called in to help after chaotic week of distributed denial of service attacksThe New Zealand government has activated national security systems after the nation’s stock exchange was disrupted by cyber attacks for a fou…