cyberattack

Hackers broke into one of the largest insurers FNF, which led to chaos in the market. The American insurance company Fidelity National Financial (FNF), which is included in the Fortune 500 list, confirmed the fact of a cyber attack. In a statement to the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)...

The attack helped customers avoid penalties for non-payment of mortgages. A major mortgage giant from Texas, Mr. Cooper, offered its customers alternative ways to repay loans after the cyber attack that occurred on October 31. The company has provided customers with several different payment...

Deliveries to the store chain stopped due to a cyberattack. The American company Ace Hardware is investigating a cybersecurity incident that occurred over the weekend, due to which deliveries were disrupted. Ace Hardware said that many of its key operating systems, including ACENET (the...

A DDoS attack from abroad caused massive Internet outages in the region. On October 27, a large-scale external DDoS attack occurred in Crimea, which affected local Internet service providers. This was announced by Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of the region on information policy. Digital...

Hackers stopped vital services of medical institutions. TransForm, a service provider founded by five hospitals in Canada to manage their IT systems, supply chains and payments, was hit by a cyberattack that affected the company's operations. As a result, patients experienced delays in...

Residents of the United States lost medical care after the incident in the networks of hospitals. The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), a New York City hospital network, has announced the restoration of its online systems after a week of disruptions caused by a cyberattack...

Who is really to blame? The International Criminal Court (ICC) provided additional information about the cyberattack that occurred five weeks ago , indicating that it was a targeted operation for the purpose of espionage. The intergovernmental organization disclosed the breach on September 19...

How did this happen and what will happen to customer data now? The American insurance company "American Family Insurance" confirmed that the reason for the recent failures in its IT systems was a cyber attack. The incident occurred last week and led to a temporary shutdown of a number of...

A Spanish football club has reported a cyberattack on its servers and databases. Real Sociedad, one of Spain's most famous football clubs, has released an official statement announcing a cyberattack that affected several of the club's servers and databases. The club did not specify what data...

No more electronic services, just pens and pencils. Over the past week, the judicial systems of the state of Kansas have faced problems due to an alleged ransomware attack. The city of Topeka announced the temporary closure of the municipal court, the probation service (which focuses on the...

Who do local authorities suspect of digital intrusion? Bermuda is working to restore public services that were shut down after a "sophisticated and deliberate" cyberattack on government systems last week, the island's premier David Burt said on Monday. The attack also caused some disruptions to...

A major data leak of the company attracted the attention of the information security community. Airbus, a leader in the aerospace industry, is facing a high-tech cyberattack that has attracted the attention of cybersecurity experts. As it became known, valuable information was compromised...

Instead of studying a medical history, doctors can now draw on paper while seeing patients. Damond Boatwright , head and Chief Executive of the Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), confirmed that the shutdown of internal communication systems was the result of a cyber incident. Boatwright...

Who is behind this and what are the implications for astronomy? Two giant optical infrared observatories belonging to the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were forced to stop their work due to suspicious activity in their computer systems. The cyberattack, discovered on August 1, affected...

Hackers are always equipped with multiple techniques to take down their target, understanding their techniques can be helpful to interrupt their attack vectors, targets, and results. While their attacks could be of different types the mere intention is to erase, encrypt, steal or cause havoc to...