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Russia focusing on US social media stars to covertly influence voters
Russia focusing on US social media stars to covertly influence voters
Russia is increasingly turning to American social media stars to covertly influence voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to U.S. officials and recently unveiled criminal charges. “What we see them doing is relying on witting and unwitting Americans to seed, promote and add credibility to narratives that serve these foreign actors’ interest,” a senior intelligence official said in a briefing on Friday. “These foreign countries typically calculate that Americans are more likely to believe other Americans’ views.”
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Russia focusing on US social media stars to covertly influence voters
Behind the arrest of Telegram boss, a small Paris cybercrime unit with big ambitions
Behind the arrest of Telegram boss, a small Paris cybercrime unit with big ambitions
  • Durov's arrest marks a shift in dealing with tech chiefs Brousse's unit goes after its biggest ever target Legal experts question the prosecution's argument The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov that has fired a warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime unit within the Paris prosecutor's office, led by 38-year-old Johanna Brousse. The arrest of Durov, 39, last Saturday marks a significant shift in how some global authorities may seek to deal with tech chiefs reluctant to police illegal content on their platforms. The arrest signalled the mettle of the J3 cybercrime unit, but the true test of its ambitions will be whether Brousse can secure a conviction based on a largely untested legal argument, lawyers said.
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Behind the arrest of Telegram boss, a small Paris cybercrime unit with big ambitions
CrowdStrike is sued by shareholders over huge software outage
CrowdStrike is sued by shareholders over huge software outage
CrowdStrike (CRWD.O), opens new tab has been sued by shareholders who said the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing how its inadequate software testing could cause the July 19 global outage that crashed more than 8 million computers. In a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night in the Austin, Texas federal court, shareholders said they learned that CrowdStrike's assurances about its technology were materially false and misleading when a flawed software update disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals and emergency lines around the world.
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CrowdStrike is sued by shareholders over huge software outage
North Korean hackers are stealing military secrets, say U.S. and allies
North Korean hackers are stealing military secrets, say U.S. and allies
North Korean hackers have conducted a global cyber espionage campaign in efforts to steal classified military secrets to support Pyongyang's banned nuclear weapons programme, the United States, Britain and South Korea said in a joint advisory on Thursday. The hackers, dubbed Anadriel or APT45 by cybersecurity researchers, are believed to be part of North Korea's intelligence agency known as the Reconnaissance General Bureau, an entity sanctioned by the U.S. in 2015.
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North Korean hackers are stealing military secrets, say U.S. and allies
Indonesia president orders audit of data centres after cyberattack
Indonesia president orders audit of data centres after cyberattack
Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered on Friday an audit of government data centres after officials said the bulk of data affected by a recent ransomware cyberattack was not backed up, exposing the country's vulnerability to such attacks. Last week's cyberattack, the worst in Indonesia in recent years, has disrupted multiple government services including immigration and operations at major airports.
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Indonesia president orders audit of data centres after cyberattack
Cyber attack compromised Indonesia data centre, ransom sought
Cyber attack compromised Indonesia data centre, ransom sought
A cyber attacker compromised Indonesia's national data centre, disrupting immigration checks at airports, and asked for an $8 million ransom, the country's communications minister told Reuters on Monday. The attack disrupted several government services, most notably at airports last week, with long lines forming at immigration desks. Automated passport machines were now functioning, the communications ministry said.
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Cyber attack compromised Indonesia data centre, ransom sought
In China, AI transformed Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian
In China, AI transformed Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian
Olga Loiek, a University of Pennsylvania student was looking for an audience on the internet – just not like this. Shortly after launching a YouTube channel in November last year, Loiek, a 21-year-old from Ukraine, found her image had been taken and spun through artificial intelligence to create alter egos on Chinese social media platforms. Her digital doppelgangers - like "Natasha" - claimed to be Russian women fluent in Chinese who wanted to thank China for its support of Russia and make a little money on the side selling products such as Russian candies.
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In China, AI transformed Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian
entagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
entagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk.
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entagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
Exclusive: Northrop Grumman working with Musk's SpaceX on U.S. spy satellite system | Reuters
Exclusive: Northrop Grumman working with Musk's SpaceX on U.S. spy satellite system | Reuters
Aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman is working with SpaceX, the space venture of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, on a classified spy satellite project already capturing high-resolution imagery of the Earth, according to people familiar with the program.
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Exclusive: Northrop Grumman working with Musk's SpaceX on U.S. spy satellite system | Reuters
AT&T says leaked data set impacts about 73 million current, former account holders
AT&T says leaked data set impacts about 73 million current, former account holders
Telecom company AT&T(T.N), opens new tab said on Saturday that it is investigating a data set released on the "dark web" about two weeks ago, and said that its preliminary analysis shows it has impacted approximately 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. The company said the data set appears to be from 2019 or earlier. AT&T said it does not have evidence of unauthorized access to its systems resulting from the incident.
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AT&T says leaked data set impacts about 73 million current, former account holders
US offers $10 million bounty for info on 'Blackcat' hackers who hit UnitedHealth
US offers $10 million bounty for info on 'Blackcat' hackers who hit UnitedHealth
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday offered up to $10 million for information on the "Blackcat" ransomware gang who hit the UnitedHealth Group's tech unit and snarled insurance payments across America. "The ALPHV Blackcat ransomware-as-a-service group compromised computer networks of critical infrastructure sectors in the United States and worldwide," the department said in a statement announcing the reward offer.
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US offers $10 million bounty for info on 'Blackcat' hackers who hit UnitedHealth
China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, FT reports
China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, FT reports
China has introduced guidelines to phase out U.S. microprocessors from Intel (INTC.O), opens new tab and AMD (AMD.O), opens new tab from government personal computers and servers, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsoft's (MSFT.O), opens new tab Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favour of domestic options, the report said.
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China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, FT reports
Air Europa says customer data may have been compromised in October breach
Air Europa says customer data may have been compromised in October breach
Spanish airline Air Europa (ICAG.L), opens new tab said on Friday personal data of its customers may have been compromised in a security incident that was detected in October last year. The company's investigation showed that name, ID card or passport details, date of birth, telephone number, email address and nationality details could have been leaked, Air Europa told its customers in an email that was seen by Reuters.
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Air Europa says customer data may have been compromised in October breach
Blackcat ransomware site reportedly seized but UK agency denies responsibility
Blackcat ransomware site reportedly seized but UK agency denies responsibility
website used by hackers responsible for a breach at UnitedHealth Group (UNH.N), opens new tab has been replaced by a notice saying it has been seized by international law enforcement. But at least one of the agencies allegedly responsible said it had nothing to do with the seizure, raising the possibility that the hackers - who also go by the moniker ALPHV - faked their own takedown. A message posted to the website of the Blackcat hacking gang on Tuesday said it had been impounded "as part of a coordinated law enforcement action" by U.S. authorities and other law enforcement agencies. Among the logos of non-American agencies involved were those of Europol and Britain's National Crime Agency.
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Blackcat ransomware site reportedly seized but UK agency denies responsibility
GGerman police seizes $2.17 billion in bitcoin in 'most extensive' action ever
GGerman police seizes $2.17 billion in bitcoin in 'most extensive' action ever
German police have confiscated 50,000 bitcoin worth $2.17 billion in the country's 'most extensive' cryptocurrency seizure ever, it said in a statement on Tuesday. "This is the most extensive seizure of bitcoins by law enforcement authorities in the Federal Republic of Germany to date," police in the city of Dresden said. The investigation was supported by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the FBI and a Munich-based forensic IT expert company, it said.
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GGerman police seizes $2.17 billion in bitcoin in 'most extensive' action ever
Exclusive: US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure
Exclusive: US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure
The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, according to two Western security officials and one person familiar with the matter. The Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation sought and received legal authorization to remotely disable aspects of the Chinese hacking campaign, the sources told Reuters.
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Exclusive: US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure
Exclusive: Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months
Exclusive: Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months
Russian hackers were inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar's system from at least May last year in a cyberattack that should serve as a "big warning" to the West, Ukraine's cyber spy chief told Reuters. The hack, one of the most dramatic since Russia's full-scale invasion nearly two years ago, knocked out services provided by Ukraine's biggest telecoms operator for some 24 million users for days from Dec. 12.
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Exclusive: Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months