January 29, 2019

Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices

Japan will hack citizens' IoT devices to mop up cyber security before the Olympics. Don't like the notion? Here's how to lock 'em down!

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November 05, 2018

FIFA, hacked again, is leaking like a sieve

Football shockers started to flow on Friday, after journalists analyzed more than 70m exfiltrated documents, totaling 3.4 terabytes of data.

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October 08, 2018

Seven Russian cyberspies indicted for hacking, wire fraud, ID theft

"Bungling" Russian GRU operatives picked up by Dutch police, linked to OPCW and World Anti-Doping Agency hacks.

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August 22, 2018

Microsoft disrupts Fancy Bear election meddlers

In a new skirmish, Microsoft took control of six internet domains that were about to be used by the group to spoof US political organisations.

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July 17, 2018

Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking

The move comes after special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 12 Russians believed to have used the accounts as fronts in US election hacking.

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November 28, 2017

Most Fancy Bear hacking targets weren’t warned by FBI

In some cases, that includes not being contacted by the FBI even after their emails had been stolen and published online.

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August 15, 2017

Fancy Bear bites hotel networks as EternalBlue mystery deepens

The attack, presumably to spy on high-value hotel guests, is textbook Fancy Bear, say researchers

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July 24, 2017

Microsoft opens up a new front in the battle against Fancy Bear

Microsoft's lawyers have gone after the the hacking group's web domains - with some success

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May 18, 2017

News in brief: 17m passwords stolen from Zomato; laptop ban from EU shelved; hackers target MPs

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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