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Numerous big cities across the United States have fallen victim to ransomware attacks costing the municipalities tens of millions of dollars to recover. While...
A security researcher has been awarded $30,000 after discovering a serious vulnerability that could potentially have put any Instagram account at risk of being...
Terrorist organizations know their way around the web, and they don’t shy away from using social networks to communicate with each other or to recruit new...
The NY-based Syracuse City School District (SCSD) has found itself between a rock and a hard place after hesitating to pay cyber criminals a ransom to unlock...
US coastal and maritime defense is at risk, warns the Coast Guard. An alert released on Monday cautions that hackers have actively been targeting the networks...
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (IOC) has announced its intention to fine the US hotel group Marriott International £99.2 million (US $123...
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office intends to fine British Airways £183.39 million over a breach that compromised the personal data of some 500,000...
FBI and ICE agents use the DMV photo database for facial recognition scanning without residents’ knowledge or consent, according to public documents spanning...
China’s border patrol has reportedly been installing surveillance software on border crossers’ phones without their knowledge, according to an investigation by...
A 23-year-old man has plenty of time to mull over whether it’s funny to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks against online services, after he...