Hacktivists Force Companies to Respond to Low-Level Cyberattacks
Russian-speaking hackers temporarily disrupted websites for several U.S. airports this week—and claimed they interfered with computing infrastructure at…
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Capital One Hacker Gets Probation for 2019 Breach
Capital One said the hack compromised…
Energy, Finance and Telecoms Corporations Test Their Cyber Mettle
Corporations in energy, finance and telecommunications got together last week to square off on their cyber-defense skills, a match that participants claimed…
Visa, Mastercard, Amex Urged to Track Gun Sales to Fight Crime
Visa Inc.,
Mastercard Inc.
and American Express Co. should begin tracking gun sales…
NFTs Are Increasingly Targeted by Criminals, Report Says
Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, are increasingly sought by criminals looking to either steal them or use them to launder illicit gains, a…
U.S. Extradited Russian Accused of Money-Laundering Tied to Ryuk Ransomware Gang
A Russian national who was extradited from the Netherlands to Portland, Ore., this week pleaded not guilty to charges of allegedly…
PayPal Names Former Electronic Arts Executive Blake Jorgensen as CFO
PayPal
Holdings Inc. named
Blake Jorgensen
as its next finance chief,…
Crypto Firms Make Thieving Hackers an Offer: Keep a Little, Give Back the Rest
Some cryptocurrency platforms that have watched millions of dollars vanish in digital heists have made an unusual pitch to their attackers: Keep some of it,…
Elon Musk’s Effort to Terminate Twitter Deal Puts Pressure on CFO
Elon Musk’s
bid to terminate the acquisition of
Twitter Inc.
is complicating matters for…
North Korea Suspected of Plundering Crypto to Fund Weapons Programs
Cybercriminals’ push to launder $100 million from a June 23 crypto heist bears hallmarks of North Korean hacking operations, blockchain experts say,…