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Cyber Attack Disrupts Some UK Parliament Communications
A cyberattack disabled some of the U.K. Parliament's communications on Saturday, disrupting the ability of lawmakers to access their email, a House of Commons spokeswoman said. In order to stop the ...
Cyber Attacks From Governments or Criminals Are Hard to Distinguish
Veteran espionage researcher Jon DiMaggio was hot on the trail three months ago of what on the face of it looked like a menacing new industrial espionage attack by Russian cyber spies. All the ...
Group Linked to NSA Leaks Plans to Release More Data in July
A group that published hacking tools that security experts believe were stolen from the U.S. National Security Agency said on Tuesday it plans to sell a new batch of stolen code in July to customers ...
As Global Ransomware Attack Slows, the Search Is on for Hackers, Motive
The global WannaCry ransomware cyber attack slowed on Monday, with no major infections reported, as global law enforcement agencies shifted their attention to finding the hackers who unleashed it. ...
UK Hospitals Hit in Worldwide Ransomware Attack
Extortionist hackers who may be using leaked computer exploits from the U.S. National Security Agency infiltrated computers in dozens of countries in a fast-spreading attack that forced British ...
Experts Expect Simultaneous Cyber Attacks on Multiple Companies: AIG
Nine in 10 global cybersecurity and risk experts said they believed that cyber risk is systemic and that simultaneous attacks on multiple companies were likely in 2017, according to a study by ...
Three-Month Cyber Attack Targets 1,200 InterContinental Hotels in U.S.
Global hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group Plc said 1,200 of its franchised hotels in the United States, including Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, were victims of a three-month cyber attack that ...
Confusing, Costly Cyber Policies Create Obstacles to Market Growth: Deloitte
Despite the rising profile of cyber risks, buyers have failed to widely embrace cyber coverage. At the same time, insurers generally have remained cautious about writing the coverage on a large-scale ...