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US State Department says 60,000 emails taken in alleged Chinese hack
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the State Department has not formally assigned blame but had no reason to doubt Microsoft's finding that the hackers were from China. A State Department report issued Thursday warned in dire terms about China's efforts in the information sphere, saying that Beijing's "digital...
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World must understand AI, curb its risk, says UK Deputy PM
NEW YORK, US - The United Kingdom will be holding a summit on artificial intelligence (AI) so that nations can come together to “understand it, govern it, harness its potential and contain its risks”, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden told the UN General Assembly. Dowden said the so-named AI Safety... -
Hackers steal over $600m in major crypto heist
Sky Mavis, maker of battle and trading game Axie Infinity, discovered the security breach on Tuesday, March 23, after a user was unable to withdraw the cryptocurrency ether, according to the company. -
US indicts 4 Russians who targeted energy sector, including Saudi facility
The Russian hackers tried their exploits on thousands of computers at hundreds of companies in 135 countries between 2012 and 2018, which included energy-sector targets such as a US nuclear power operator and a Saudi petrochemical facility, the US Justice Department has said. -
Red Cross hacked
Hackers seized data of more than 515,000 extremely vulnerable people. -
Israel firm, clients hit by hackers linked to Iran
A hacking group known as Black Shadow claimed responsibility for the attack. -
The most vulnerable Linux distros
Now, security solutions provider Trend Micro has said that detected millions of “security events” in Linux distributions — both in PC and server versions — in recent years. -
Aramco confirms data breach that entails $50m ‘ransom’ demand
Aramco has acknowledged that it had seen a data breach that has a potential $50-million “ransom” demand attached to it. -
Hackers steal 1 TB data from Saudi Aramco, put it on sale for $5 million
Hackers have stolen 1 TB of Aramco’s data through a zero-day exploit and are selling it for $5 million