Suspected Russian hack forced Keir Starmer to ditch email account
British intelligence services reportedly told the Labour leader his account could have been compromised.
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Russian hackers target WhatsApp accounts of ministers worldwide
FSB-linked Star Blizzard attempts to lure email recipients to click on QR code that gives access to WhatsApp accountRussian state-linked hackers have targeted the WhatsApp accounts of government ministers and officials around the world with emails invi…
EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads to stop hospital hacks
EU health care sector pummeled with cyberattacks in recent years.
Pro-Russian hackers target websites of several French cities
The websites of several French cities were taken down on Tuesday after being targeted by pro-Russian hackers. The NoName collective claimed the attacks, which they described as retaliation for French support for Ukraine.
US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in โmajor incidentโ
The Treasury Department said it was working with the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to assess the hack’s impact.
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Chinese hack of global telecom providers is โongoing,โ officials warn
Officials from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say the major Chinese hack began in late spring, and they are strongly urging Americans to use encrypted communications.
‘Hostile’ foreign hackers infiltrate Hungary’s defence procurement agency
‘Hostile’ foreign hackers infiltrate Hungary’s defence procurement agency
Chinese hackers gained access to huge trove of Americansโ cell records
Investigators arenโt sure how much data Salt Typhoon might have taken, and are still struggling to evict the elite Chinese hacking crew from companiesโ networks.
A torrent of Election Day disinformation is coming. Hereโs how to avoid falling for it.
Americans are likely to encounter a torrent of rumor and conspiracy this Election Day. Here are some tricks to guard against it.
โChaos and confusionโ: Microsoft braces for foreign election interference in days ahead
Hereโs what the disinformation hunters at Microsoft will be watching from the โsituation roomโ on Election Day and beyond.
Vatican and Israel implicated in Italian hacking scandal, leaked files reveal
Police wiretaps show the sprawling global nature of an investigation into Milan-based private detectives and their clients.
Massive hack-for-hire scandal rocks Italian political elites
The president and former prime minister were among targets of hackers selling highly sensitive data.
Mega Italian hack is โthreat to democracy,โ FM says
Antonio Tajani said the breach was โcriminal,โ as probe zeroes in on private investigative firm.
Borissov wins Bulgarian elections as vote in favour of populists surge
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about the outcome of the snap election in Bulgaria, hackers breaching sensitive government data in Italy, and so much more.ย
Hackers breach sensitive government and police data in Italy
Prosecutors called the groupย a โdanger to democracy” and a “gang that can hold institutions in its grip”.
Listless Bulgarian voters turn back to Borissov as political stalemate continues
In the country’s seventh election since 2021, voter participation remained low.
US to probe Chinese telco hacks that targeted Trump, Vance
POLITICO reported Friday that federal investigators for now believe the Chinese targeted communications data from phones of roughly 40 people.
Hacked info from state security databases sold to rich clients: Milan prosecutors
Italian probe reveals “gigantic and alarming market of confidential data,” prosecutors say.
Influence campaigns from Iran, China, Russia ramping up ahead of US election, Microsoft finds
Microsoft found that Iranian hackers are looking for vulnerabilities in election-related websites, as part of a broader increase in election interference efforts by foreign nations including Russia and China.
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EU markets watchdog pushes for extra cyber defences in new crypto rules
Esma asks for amendment to tighten regulation with demand for external audits of defences against hackers
Iran has a hit list of former Trump aides. The U.S. is scrambling to protect them.
Roughly a dozen national security aides from the Trump White House are feared to be Iranโs hit list. Itโs hard to protect them all.
Group with close ties to Trump transition says it was targeted in cyber attack
AFPI did not disclose whether any data was removed in the hack, how the breach occurred or the identification, if known, of the actors behind the intrusion.
Mega hack shuts down Putinโs online state media
Kremlin says specialists are working to figure out who attacked โcritical infrastructure facility.โ
In tackling Vladimir Putinโs web of troll farms and hackers, we have one advantage: democracy | Peter Pomarantsev
By focusing on its strengths and pooling information, the west can disrupt Russiaโs war machine โ but thereโs no time to loseRussia is a โmafia stateโ trying to expand into a โmafia empireโ, the foreign secretary, David Lammy, told the UN, nailing the …
All Dutch police officersโ contact details stolen in cyberattack
The government is assessing if undercover officers are at risk from the hack.
Iranians indicted in connection with Trump campaign hack
The indictment could be unveiled as soon as Friday.
Iran ran special cyber op in Sweden last year, local authorities confirm
Iran’s security service carried out a special cyber operation against targets in Sweden last year,ย the country’s prosecutor and security services revealed on Tuesday (24 September).
Les 100 premiers jours de von der Leyen : ce quโelle a promis, ce que รงa implique et ce quโelle va vraiment faire
La prรฉsidente de la Commission promet de procรฉder rapidement ร des rรฉformes profondes. Quelle est la crรฉdibilitรฉ de son projet ?
Von der Leyenโs first 100 days: What sheโs promised, what it means and what sheโll really deliver
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms. How credible is her plan?
Poland says it smashed gang of Russian and Belarusian saboteurs
Hackers wanted to gain access to information for blackmail, according to Warsaw.
US, Estonia, allies accuse Russia of cyberattacks against Ukraine and NATO
Hacking efforts as part of this campaign began in 2020, and included attacks on Ukrainian groups ahead of Russia’s invasion, along with critical infrastructure organizations in NATO member states.
Iran pays millions in ransom to end massive cyberattack on banks, officials say
IRLeaks, a group with a history of hacking Iranian companies, was said to be responsible.
Biden, Trump associates targeted by Iranian hackers on WhatsApp, Meta says
โThis malicious activity originated in Iran and attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the United States and the U.K.,โ the company said.
US government pins campaign hacks on Iran
The intelligence community called out Iranian efforts to break into the Trump campaign.
Google confirms Iran-linked hackers targeted Trump, Biden campaigns
The Google Threat Analysis Group wrote Wednesday that APT42 had targeted โthe personal email accounts of roughly a dozen individuals affiliated with President Biden and with former President Trump.โ
American hackers found vulnerabilities in voting machines โ but no time to fix them
Organizers and participants at the DEF CON Voting Village found cyber vulnerabilities in everything from voting machines to e-poll books, but there is no time before the November elections to fully implement their findings.
Campaign warning: โBuckle upโ โ more hacks are likely
Experts and cyber professionals also worry that recent hack of Trump presidential campaign has echoes of the Russian attacks on Hillary Clintonโs 2016 presidential campaign.
We received internal Trump documents from โRobert.โ Then the campaign confirmed it was hacked.
The campaign suggested Iran was to blame. POLITICO has not independently verified the identity of the hacker or their motivation.
Todayโs prisoner exchanges are not like the Cold War
With ordinary citizens being picked up simply to be used as exchange fodder, no Westerner is truly safe in hostile countries anymore.
North Korean hackers stealing military secrets, say US 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 US, Britain and South Korea said in a joint advisory.
Russian and Chinese hackers targeted Czech cyberinfrastructure โ report
Strategic Czech institutions saw four hostile intrusions or attempted intrusions into their cyber systems last year, an annual report by the National Agency for Cyber and Information Security (NรKIB) has revealed.
London hospitals hackers publish stolen blood test data
The gang shared almost 400GB of the private information on their darknet site and Telegram channel.
Dutch party websites attacked as EU vote kicks off
The cyberattacks were claimed by a pro-Russian hacker group called HackNeT.
Operation Endgame: Ukrainian, Western security services bust international hacking group
International probe described by the FBI as the first of its kind results in several arrests and eight people being added to Europol’s most wanted list.
EU Parliament staff in uproar over breach of ID cards, personal records
Thousands of sensitive records leaked in hack of HR system.
The Kremlinโs growing influence in Orbรกnโs Hungary
The deepening ties between Russia and Hungary canโt be allowed to go unchecked any longer.
โUncharted terrainโ: How officials, campaigners and fact-checkers tackle AIโs influence on elections around the world
Developing countries, many of which hold elections this year, struggle to keep up with the emerging tech absent regulations and technical know-how.
The Pertsev case: A tornado for decentralized and open-source software in the Netherlands?
Tornado Cash co-founder Alexey Pertsev was sentenced to a little over five months in jail this week by a Dutch court, for helping to create a tool that obfuscates the trail of cryptocurrencies. The tool, built and run on Ethereum blockchain, was used b…
Russia directing hackers to attack UK and west, says director of GCHQ
Anne Keast-Butler โincreasingly concernedโ by growing links between Russia and proxy hacker groups that pose risk to UKRussia is increasingly seeking to encourage and direct hackers to attack British and other western targets, the director of GCHQ has …
Von der Leyenโs campaign website hit by cyberattack
The European Parliament has an election security problem.
Moldova fights to free itself from Russiaโs AI-powered disinformation machine
With an EU referendum and a presidential election in October, the Ukraine-bordering Eastern European country fends off a barrage of disinformation, cyberattacks and Kremlin-backed political corruption.
French lawmakers targeted by Chinese cyberattack demand sanctions, amid Xi visit
Lawmakers want security services to formally attribute the 2021 cyberattack to a Chinese hacking group.
Cyber attack on Cannes hospital: health sheets and pay slips published online
Following a cyberattack over two weeks ago, the Simone Veil Hospital in Cannes on Thursday said medical and personal data, including ID cards, health sheets and pay slips etc. stolen from the hospital have been published online. The hospital said it h…
Poland says it too was targeted by Russian hackers
On Friday, Germany and the Czech Republic said they had been targeted by the Russian-controlled Fancy Bear hacking group.
Elite Russian hackers breach Scholzโs German socialist party
Berlin says German chancellor’s party was hacked by Moscow’s Fancy Bear in 2022-2023.
Ex-Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt was a victim of Chinese hacking
Belgium’s foreign minister recently summoned Beijing’s envoy over espionage campaign.
Fact-check: Can hackers steal fingerprints from selfies?
A video circulating on social media is warning people to avoid doing the peace sign when posing for selfies, in case fraudsters take copies of their fingerprints to hack into their data. The Cube spoke to experts to find out more.
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US cyber agency says Russian hackers used Microsoft access to steal government emails
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft’s email system to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant, an emergency directive by the US watchdog r…
Expect Russia to do โwhatever possibleโ to reassert influence in Bulgaria, outgoing PM warns
Nikolai Denkov said his government pushed Russia out, but failed to secure stability.
Ukraine gives award to vigilantes for Russia hacks
The foreign hackers had stolen data from Russian military firms and hacked cameras to spy on troops.
UK, Czech ministers among Chinaโs hacking targets
Chinese state-linked hackers targeted prominent European lawmakers with cyberattacks in 2021.
China targeted European lawmakers with cyberattacks, Washington says
Hackers linked to Beijing’s security services targeted European politicians to gather sensitive data.
French government hit with cyberattacks of โunprecedentedโ intensity
Several French government departments have been experiencing a series of cyberattacks in the past day, with the government activating a crisis unit to deal with the attack. According to the prime ministerโs office, the impact has now been reduced and access to some government websites was โre-established,โ but the attacks are still ongoing. โSince [Sunday], [โฆ]
4 things to know about Washingtonโs newย TikTokย crusadeย
A new bill would force Beijing-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban on U.S. app stores.
US government slaps sanctions on notorious European spyware maker
Targeted Predator software was at heart of Greek political hacking scandal.
Germany scrambles to plug military audio leak
As Berlin calls out “hybrid disinformation attack,” others tell it to fix its communications.
10 ways a second Trump term could be more extreme than the first
From nationwide abortion bans to classroom culture wars, assaults on climate science and political weaponization of the military, his return to the White House could make Trump 1.0 seem tame.
Brussels spyware crisis expands: Two MEPs hit in phone-hacking security breach
Lawmakers found malware infections on their phones, ringing alarm bells about confidential EU defense work.
European Parliament finds spyware on defense committee membersโ phones
Officials handling security and defense issues were the target of phone hacking, internal email says.
Big Tech tells politicians: Weโll control the deepfakes
AI is freaking out politicians โ especially those running for office this year.
US Democrats warn of grim future for US cyber agency under Trump
But the Democratic lawmakers said thereโs little they can do to protect the agency, describing their strategy as simply: Elect Biden.
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 715
US Republicans reject bill tying Ukraine aid to border security; Kyiv urges west to speed up deliveries of artillery shellsSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageRepublicans in the US Senate have defeated a bipartisan bill to bolster US-Mexico border s…
Chinese spies hacked Dutch defence network last year โ intelligence agencies
Chinese state-backed cyber spies gained access to a Dutch military network last year, Dutch intelligence agencies said on Tuesday (6 February), calling it part of a trend of Chinese political espionage against the Netherlands and its allies.
A shadowy hacker group brought the British Library to its knees. Is there any way to stop them? | Lamorna Ash
The future of cybercrime resembles an arms race between an industry of hackers-for-hire and the UKโs weak defences It is not quite accurate to say that the cyber-attack against the British Library took place on 28 October 2023. Most probably, Rhysida, …
30 Things Joe Biden Did as President You Might Have Missed
Drone armies, expanded overtime pay and over-the-counter birth control pills are just some of the new things Biden has ushered in as president that you might not have heard about.
404 diplomacy: Clunky IT is hurting EU global posturing
Diplomats struggle with bad computer systems when sharing information, auditors report.
Anti-war Russians canโt beat Putin but still feel theyโve won
Ukraine war critic Boris Nadezhdin has attracted a surge of support in Russia’s presidential election. Is he for real?
Space wars: Europeโs master plan to counter Elon Muskโs Starlink
The Starlink satellite system is crucial for the Ukrainian military, but there are problems.
Ukraine says Russian hackers penetrated major telecoms network for months
‘No one is actually untouchable,’ warns Kyiv’s cyber intel chief.
Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months โ cyber spy chief
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.
Hackers steal customer data from Europeโs largest parking app operator
Owner of RingGo and ParkMobile says data including parts of credit card numbers taken in cyber-attackEuropeโs largest parking app operator has reported itself to information regulators in the EU and UK after hackers stole customer data.EasyPark Group, …
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 659
EU leaders prepare for showdown with Hungary over Ukrainian membership talks; more than 50 injured in Russian missile attack on KyivSee all our Russia-Ukraine coverageRussia launched a massive missile attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Wednesday in a…
Cyberattack takes down Ukraineโs largest mobile operator
Stable mobile services have been crucial for Kyiv since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Russian Star Blizzard hackers linked to efforts to hamper war crimes investigation
Group โharvesting sensitive materialโ via social media part of FSB unit leaking data to serve KremlinThe Russian hacking group Star Blizzard, accused of interfering in UK politics, is part of an aggressive FSB unit that sought to stoke scandal over Bre…
UK accuses Russia of โsustainedโ cyberattack on politicians and journalists
Journalists, civil society organizations and public sector groups were targeted by hackers, British government says.
Britain, US sanction Russian hackers over years-long FSB cyberespionage campaign
Reuters exclusively reported that The British and U.S. governments imposed sanctions on two Russian hackers on Thursday for what Britainโs [โฆ]
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Ransomware hackers ‘wreaking havoc’ arrested in Ukraine
Cyber police carry out raids to dismantle gang responsible for hacking hundreds of organisations.
โKeyโ ransomware suspect arrested in Ukraine: Europol
US, European and Ukrainian police have arrested a ringleader of a notorious hacker gang operating from Ukraine which used ransomware to fleece hundreds of millions of euros from their victims, Europol said Tuesday (28 November).
The West is on a world tour against Huawei
Brussels and Washington join forces to tame Huawei’s global ambitions.
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A chastened Israel fights for its life and its soul
As the country combats an unrelenting Hamas, the tussle between defense and integrity grows sharper and more poignant.
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 624
UK ministry of defence says Russian military โoverextendedโ; Hungary says EU should not start membership talks with UkraineSee all our Ukraine coverageThe UK Ministry of Defence said Russiaโs military is being overextended by the war in Ukraine. In its…
US officials hold their breath for Iranian cyberattacks
Critical infrastructure owners and operators are stepping up security, as the U.S. government keeps a close eye on evolving threats from Tehran in cyberspace.
How hackers piled onto the Israeli-Hamas conflict
Lower-level cyberattacks are becoming a major feature of the war between Israel and Hamas, and the attacks could ramp up in intensity.
Huawei pushes back on the EU calling it โhigh-riskโ
The Chinese company is fighting to salvage its dented reputation in Europe.
EU looks to boost secure submarine internet cables in 2024
The EU wants to invest in ‘cable projects of European interest’ globally, paper seen by POLITICO showed.
Rules of engagement issued to hacktivists after chaos
The ICRC writes rules of engagement for civilian hackers, as unprecedented numbers join cyber-conflicts