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The article focuses on leaked documents which offer a rare look at China's state-backed hackers for hire. Cited are how Chinese law enforcement and its premier spy agency, the Ministry of State Security, have hired private-sector talent to break into the websites of foreign governments and telecommunications firms, a menu of services that hackers offer, according to the leaked data, and the degree to which China has ignored efforts to limit its extensive hacking operations.

The article focuses on the cyberattack that hit Christie's website, allegedly carried out by a hacker group called RansomHub, which claimed to have gained access to sensitive information about the world's wealthiest art collectors and threatened to release the data unless a ransom was paid.

The article focuses on the Christie's auction house experiencing a "technology security issue" that took its website offline, just before a major auction, and the company is working to resolve the issue and apologize for any inconvenience caused.

The article focuses on a report from Israeli-American cybersecurity company Check Point which claims that Iran is waging an espionage campaign targeting its rivals across the Middle East and key defense and intelligence agencies. Cited are the malware used by Iranian hackers to gain access to its targets' emails, Middle Eastern countries whose computers have been successfully infiltrated by Iran, and a series of cyberattacks that Iran had done over the past two years.

The article focuses on how hackers affiliated with nation-states, including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, have utilized OpenAI's systems in their cyberattacks, using generative artificial intelligence for mundane tasks such as drafting emails, translating documents, and debugging.

The article offers information on strategies to secure medical information in the face of recent breaches, including a hack at genetic testing company 23andMe, a ransomware attack affecting emergency rooms, and a cyberattack on a medical transcription company.

The article discusses highlights of the 2023 annual Defcon hackers conference, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, wherein hackers in a red-teaming exercise tried to break through the safeguards of artificial intelligence (AI) programs to identify its vulnerabilities and find problems. Topics included safety and security flaws and defenses of AI, ability of generative AI to produce damaging lies, influence elections, ruin reputations and enable other harms, and cybersecurity attacks.

The article focuses on Ukraine's largest mobile operator, Kyivstar, experiencing a powerful cyberattack that disrupted cell service and internet access, raising concerns about the country's ability to receive warnings of Russian bombardments.

The article focuses on hackers stealing more than 6 million U.S. dollar from the New Haven public school system, with 3.6 million U.S. dollar recovered and investigations underway to determine the responsible individuals, prompting the city to suspend electronic money transfers.

The article reports on the move by volunteer hackers to attack both Russian and Ukrainian government websites and promote antiwar messages amidst Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to security researchers, the widespread chaos, confusion and disruption could escalate the war on the ground or harm civilians. Also mentioned is the comment by Cisco Talos' Matt Olney on the cyberwarfare.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by U.S. government authorities against hackers Peter Leyman and Daniel Abayev for allegedly hacking the electronic taxi dispatch system at the Kennedy International Airport on the order of Russians.

The article reports on the computer hackers deployed by North Korea and their development of a hacking program that steals money and proves to be provoking havoc. Topics discussed include an overview of the hacking approach of the country, its nuclear weapon program, and its primitive infrastructure.

The article examines Ukraine continued to block Russian efforts to penetrate its computer networks since Moscow invaded the country in February and has been sharing information with American majorities about unknown hacking techniques stated by the U.S. Cyber Command.

The article reports that an unidentified hacker has offered to sell a Shanghai police database that could contain information on perhaps one billion Chinese citizens.

The article reveals that China's spy agency is recruiting a new group of hackers. Topics discussed include ad placed by Internet security start-up Hainan Xiandun Technology, which was part of a web of front companies controlled by China's secretive state security ministry, cyberspying tactics of Chinese hackers, and remarks from Robert Potter, head of Internet 2.0, an Australian cybersecurity firm.

The article reports that cybersecurity firm FireEye has revealed on December 8, 2020 that its own systems were hacked by a country with top-tier offensive capabilities. Topics mentioned include the use of novel techniques by the hackers to make off with its own tool kit, the company's refusal to say explicitly who was responsible, and the possibility that Russian intelligence agencies saw an advantage in mounting the attack while the U.S. focused on securing the presidential election system.

The article reports on the risks facing patients in U.S. hospitals from the cyberattacks allegedly launched by Russian hackers against the U.S. health systems as of November 2020 as a form of retaliation. Topics include the multimillion-dollar ransoms demanded by the hackers and the impact of the firing by President Donald Trump of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) head Christopher Krebs on the government's ability to prevent the cyberattacks.

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The article reveals that China's state-sponsored hackers are targeting the country's ethnic minorities and their diaspora in other countries. Topics discussed include remarks from James A. Lewis, a former U.S. government official, reaction of China to claims that it conducts cyberespionage, and how iPhone vulnerabilities were being exploited by Chinese hackers.

The article reports on the effort of Iran to disrupt the 2020 U.S. presidential election through cyberattacks. Topics discussed include number of cyberattack attempts made by Iranian hackers according to Microsoft, similar attacks from Russia and North Korea and concerns of U.S. officials with the escalating tensions over sanctions on Iran in the 2018 midterm elections.

Reports that a Washington teenager was sentenced to 18 months in prison for unleashing a variant of the Blaster Internet worm that crippled 48,000 computers in 2003.

Reports that Brian Salcedo has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for hacking into the national computer system of Lowe's hardware stores in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Installation of a program to capture customer credit card information; Disclosure by the government that the sentence was the longest ever handed down for a computer crime.

Reports that William O. Genovese, a computer hacker based Meriden, Connecticut was arrested and charged of selling copies of Microsoft Windows proprietary source code. Suspect's use of a web site for the illegal distribution of program blueprints behind the Microsoft NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems.

The article reports that software engineer Paige Thompson of Seattle, Washington, was able to hack into a server holding customer information for Capital One and obtain the personal data of more than 100 million people. After leaving a trail online which investigators followed, Thompson was arrested and charged with one count of computer fraud and abuse. The hacker worked for Amazon Web Services, which hosted the Capital One database that was breached.

The article reports that the ransomware attack that caused the shutdown of the networks of the city government of Baltimore, Maryland has used the EternalBlue, part of a set of tools developed for the National Security Agency (NSA). Topics covered amount of ransom that Baltimore officials have refused to pay, features of the ransomware attack, how EternalBlue has been used by hackers around the world and overview of other malware attacks against U.S. local governments.

The article reports on the proliferation of disinformation that encourage discord and distrust less than two months before elections for the European Parliament in 2019. Topics covered include the connection between websites and social accounts and Russia and far-right groups opposed to centrist parties and the failure of efforts to contain Russia's campaign to expand political divisions and weaken western institutions.

The article reports on the claim by Javelin Strategy & Research that more than two billion dollars a year is lost due to customer loyalty program fraud in 2017 and 2018. Also cited are the use by hackers of stolen credentials to impersonate customers, breach loyalty profiles, and steal from rewards cards, the breach of loyalty programs in such firms as McDonald's, Southwest Airlines, and Dunkin' Donuts, and the use of rewards membership data in personalized marketing.

The article reports that North Korean hackers who have targeted U.S. and European businesses for 18 months continued their attacks even during the summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam in February 2019. McAfee researchers were able to gain access to one of the main computer servers used by the North Korean hackers, which allowed them to watch in real time as the hackers attacked more than a hundred firms in various countries.

The article reports on the claim by the U.S. National Security Agency and private security firm FireEye that the recent hacker attacks against U.S. banks, government agencies, and businesses as of February 2019 were launched by Iranian and Chinese hackers in retaliation to the U.S.' trade war with China and U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. Among the targeted companies are General Electric Aviation, Boeing, and T-Mobile.

The article reports on the detention of a growing number of Twitter users in China despite the fact that the social media platform is blocked in the country. The move reflects the escalation of President Xi Jinping's campaign to suppress Internet activity. Government-affiliated hackers are also blamed for the removal of tweets which play an important role in political debate in the country.

The article discusses the hacking of the diplomatic communications network of the European Union (EU). According to reports, hackers had downloaded thousands of cables. The topics of the data include the union's concerns on the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, struggles to deal with Russia and China, and the possibility that the Iranian government will revive its nuclear program.

The article reports that the Marriott hotel chain data breach that was discovered in September 2018 was traced to Chinese hackers working on behalf of the Ministry of State Security in China. The effect of this discovery on U.S. President Donald Trump's planned actions targeting China's trade, cyber and economic policies is discussed. Also discussed is the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, and its impact on the U.S.-China relations.

The article reports that hackers had breached the Starwood reservation system of hospitality company Marriott International. The hackers also had stolen the personal data of up to 500 million guests. It is said that the attack began as far back as 2014 and was one of the largest known thefts of personal records. It happened at the same time as several breaches at U.S. health insurers and government agencies.

The article reports on the accusations that Russian intelligence officers have launched cyberattacks against organizations around the globe that challenged Russian wrongdoing, exposed the government's disinformation campaigns and attacked President Vladimir V. Putin. According to Western officers, Russian intelligence officers sought to hack the British foreign ministry and antidoping agencies in the U.S. and Canada. The Russian government dismissed the accusations.

The article discuses that Graham Ivan Clark, a young hacker accused of being the mastermind behind a breach last year of high-profile Twitter accounts pleaded guilty in a Florida court, agreeing to serve three years in juvenile prison.

The article discusses Instagram has coordinating with social media platforms, including Twitter and TikTok, to ban users who have been involved in stealing hundreds of single-word user names .

The article examines that Microsoft stated that the far-reaching Russian hack of the U.S. government agencies and private corporations had gone further into its network than the company previously understood. Topics include considered that the hackers were unable to get into emails or its products and services, and that they were not able to modify the source code they viewed.

The article reports on failure of intelligence shown by Russian espionage attack on government of U.S. and companies detected by private sector and mentions denial of Russians on their involvement.

The article discusses the United States deployed operatives to Estonia in the weeks on November election to learn about defending against Russian hackers as pan of a broader effort to hunt down foreign cyberattacks, American and Estonian officials.

The article reports that U.S. Cyber Command expanded overseas operations aimed at finding foreign hacking group and mentions operations in Europe to pursue Russian hackers.

The article discusses hundreds of American hospitals have being targeted in cyberattacks by the same Russian hackers American officials and researchers fear has sow for next week's election.

The article discusses global cyberfraud. People in many countries, including the U.S., have reason to feel wary, say Internet security specialists and government agencies monitoring cyberfraud. As attacks proliferate, people trust the Web less. Recently a hybrid form of phishing, so-called spear-phishing, is raising alarms. These hackers focus on specific victims. Spear-phishing is much harder to detect than phishing. Bogus e-mail messages and Web sites are near prefect replicas of authentic e-commerce companies and are also targeted at people known to have an established relationship with the sender being mimicked.

The article reports on the computer and wire fraud charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against North Korean computer hacker Park Jin-hyok. Topics discussed include the alleged involvement of Park in the 2014 hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the impact of cyberattacks against financial institutions on the global economy, and the suspected participation of Park in North Korean hacking organizations.

The article reports that the Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election have targeted conservative U.S. think tanks that have broken with U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics mentioned include websites seized by technology group Microsoft Corp. that were made by hackers in Russia, websites found by Microsoft that imitate the U.S. Senate, and programs promoted by the Hudson Institute that examine the rise of kleptocracy in world governments.