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St. Jude Medical Short Seller’s Heart Device Allegations Spur Lawsuit
St. Jude Medical Inc on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against short-selling firm Muddy Waters and cyber security company MedSec Holdings Ltd, saying they intentionally disseminated false information ...
Hacking/Malware Attacks Surge at Banks and Credit Unions: Beazley
Financial institutions such as small banks and credit unions faced a huge spike in the number of hacking and malware attacks during the first six months of 2016, Beazley found in a new report. ...
Russia Hedge Fund Manager, Others Settle U.S. Press Release Hacking Case
A Moscow-based hedge fund manager, his investment firms and two Paris-based funds have agreed to pay nearly $18 million to resolve a U.S. regulator's claims that they engaged in insider trading using ...
SEC Charges Nine More People in Global Press Release Hacking Scheme
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged nine new defendants over what it has called a more than $100 million international scheme to hack into newswires that distribute corporate ...
China Leader Urges United Front Against Hacking, Network Surveillance
China's President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for the Internet on Wednesday, calling for respect of different governance models and standardized online security, placing China at the front of ...
The U.S. and China Will Expand a Planned Cybercrime Crackdown
U.S. and Chinese officials have agreed to expand cooperation to crack down on cybercrime as China's state- run news agency said a hacking attack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management was carried ...
U.S. Security Firm Accuses China of Hacking Even After Cyber Pact
Hackers associated with the Chinese government have tried to penetrate at least seven U.S. companies in the three weeks since Washington and Beijing agreed not to spy on each other for commercial ...
T-Mobile: Hackers May Have Ripped off Data of 15 Million Applicants
T-Mobile US Inc said personal data of about 15 million of its U.S. applicants may have been stolen in a breach at a unit of Experian Plc, which processes the telecom carrier's credit applications. ...