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NC, Colonial Pipeline reach agreement on handling fuel spill
WSOC via Yahoo News· 2 years agoColonial Pipeline has agreed to a consent order which says it should be held accountable for a...
Fuel leak in Virginia shuts down part of Colonial Pipeline
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe incident shouldn’t have much impact on gas prices, according to Patrick De Haan, head of...
US-led cybersecurity coalition vows to not pay hackers' ransom demands
TechCrunch· 7 months agoThe U.S. government and dozens of foreign allies have pledged never to pay ransom demands in a bid...
DOJ charges 3 Iranians with hacking hundreds of U.S. computers to extort ransom
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against three Iranian men accused of...
How Hackers Swindled Vegas
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agowelcomia/iStock/Getty Images Plus In the mid-2010s, cybercriminals shifted their ransomware strategy. Instead of spamming as many individual victims as...
US infrastructure is vulnerable to Chinese cyberattack, officials warn
Scripps News via AOL· 4 months agoThe control room of a nuclear power plant in Nebraska The digital age revolutionized life on Earth...
Cybercriminals raked in record $1.1 billion in ransom payments in 2023
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCybercriminals extorted a record $1.1 billion in ransom payments from victim organizations around...
Ransom hackers are hitting climate data
Semafor via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe News Hackers are opening a new front in the corporate cybersecurity wars by hijacking the torrent of sensitive climate and energy-related data...
NC is one of only two states to ban paying ransomware attackers. Is that wise?
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoIn the first half of this year, two cities, two counties, two K-12 school districts, three colleges...
A third of Americans could have had data stolen in big health care hack
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA third of Americans may have had their personal data swept up in a February ransomware attack on a...