Congress Inches Toward Response to Ransomware Attacks Scott Marlette Oct 8, 2021 CONGRESS, FEDS MAKE MOVES ON RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, but a clear fix for the expensive cybercrime epidemic is far from clear. The Senate Homeland Security…
NSA Chief Says Ransomware Threat to Remain for Years Scott Marlette Oct 7, 2021 Ransomware is likely to remain a threat to U.S. economic and national security for years to come, the country’s top military cyber…
Kaseya Ransomware Attack: What We Know as REvil Hackers Demand $70 Million Scott Marlette Jul 6, 2021 A group of Russian hackers calling themselves REvil is demanding $70 million to unlock computers swept up in a widespread ransomware attack that…
White House Sees Electric Grid as Blueprint for Post-Colonial Pipeline Cyber Push Scott Marlette Jun 30, 2021 Electric utilities serving about 56 million U.S. customers have either installed tools to better spot cyberattacks or have pledged to do so, a White…
Food Giant ADM Bolsters Its Defense Against Hacks, CEO Says Scott Marlette Jun 27, 2021 Agriculture company Archer Daniels Midland Co. ADM -0.37% is shoring up defenses…
Puerto Rico’s Power Distributor Suffered a Cyberattack Hours Before a Devastating Fire Scott Marlette Jun 14, 2021 Puerto Rico’s main power provider suffered a cyberattack shortly before a fire at a substation in San Juan Thursday caused blackouts for hundreds of…
Ransomware Attack Roiled Meat Giant JBS, Then Spilled Over to Farmers and Restaurants Scott Marlette Jun 11, 2021 Employees at the U.S. division of JBS SA, the world’s largest meat company, noticed something wrong in their computer systems over Memorial Day…
WSJ News Exclusive | JBS Paid $11 Million to Resolve Ransomware Attack Scott Marlette Jun 9, 2021 JBS USA Holdings Inc. paid an $11 million ransom to cybercriminals who last week temporarily knocked out plants that process roughly…