British Airways Faces Major UK Class-Action Lawsuit After 2018 Data Breach January 13, 2021 By Ellen Milligan British Airways Plc faces the largest privacy class-action lawsuit in UK history over its 2018 customer data breach. More than...
Russian Spy Tools Linked to SolarWinds Hack, Says Cyber Security Firm Kaspersky January 11, 2021 By Jack Stubbs The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously...
Cyber Attacks Cost Russian Companies and Citizens $49B in 2020: Sberbank December 29, 2020 By Tatiana Voronova MOSCOW – Cyber attacks have cost Russian companies and citizens up to 3.6 trillion roubles ($49 billion) this year, the...
Data Theft at Defense Firm Leonardo Targeted Details of Military Aircraft: Arrest Warrant December 23, 2020 By Francesca Landini MILAN – An investigation into a data theft at Leonardo has found that a hacker working inside the Italian defense...
Cyber Attack on EU Drug Regulator Has Not Disrupted Work on COVID-19 Vaccines December 11, 2020 BRUSSELS – The head of the European Union drug regulator said on Thursday the agency’s work assessing COVID-19 vaccines had...
Dozens of U.S. Hospitals Hit With String of Ransomware Attacks October 29, 2020 By Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn Eastern European criminals are targeting dozens of U.S. hospitals with ransomware, and federal officials on Wednesday urged healthcare facilities to...
1 in 4 Businesses Has Experienced Cyber Event, Travelers Survey Finds October 22, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield Nearly one in four respondents (22%) out of more than 1,200 business leaders surveyed in 2020 Travelers’ Cyber Risk Index...
Japan to Take Countermeasures to Prevent Cyber Attacks from Derailing Tokyo Games October 20, 2020 By Ami Miyazaki and Jack Tarrant Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyber attacks...
UK Data Protection Watchdog Slaps Biggest-Ever Fine on British Airways October 19, 2020 By Muvija M Britain’s data protection watchdog said on Friday it has fined British Airways 20 million pounds – its biggest such penalty...
Container Shipping Group CMA CGM Restores Online Business After Cyber Attack October 12, 2020 CMA CGM, the world’s fourth-largest container shipping group, said it has restored its online business services after a cyber attack...