BANGKOK – In late July, Ms Nancy Lindley, a retiree in Chiang Mai, noticed some unusual transactions on her credit card and immediately raised it…
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New Zealand banks, post office hit by outages in apparent cyber attack
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Websites of a number of financial institutions in New Zealand and its national postal service were briefly down on Wednesday (Sept 8),…
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China's cyberspace watchdog launches security probe into Didi
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s cyberspace administration said on Friday (July 2) that it has launched a new investigation into ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc to…
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Australian law could force Facebook, Google to strip harmful content
SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – Australia’s government has passed legislation to reduce cyber abuse, allowing it to force social media platforms such as Facebook and Google to…
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Bank, airline web outage 'not caused' by cyber attack
SYDNEY (AFP) – A major online outage that hit bank and airline websites on both sides of the Pacific was not caused by a cyber…
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NYC metro transport authority was breached by hackers believed linked to China: US document
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – A hacking group believed to have links to the Chinese government penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s computer systems in April, exposing…
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FBI says Conti ransomware gang has hit 16 US health and emergency networks
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that the same group of online extortionists blamed for striking the Irish health system last week…
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Ransomware hits near pre-Colonial Pipeline levels, data suggests
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Digital extortion attempts are returning to their pre-Colonial Pipeline levels, according to data and interviews with some incident responders, suggesting that the…
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How Myanmar's military moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens
SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (REUTERS) – In the months before the Myanmar military’s Feb 1 coup, the country’s telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept…
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Colonial Pipeline ramps up as US seeks to emerge from fuel crunch
WASHINGTON (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – Colonial Pipeline ramped up deliveries to fuel-starved markets up and down the East Coast on Friday (May 14) following a nearly…
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China announces measures to prevent foreign spying in companies
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China’s top spy agency announced measures to fight infiltration by “hostile forces” in companies and other institutions, state media said, in the…
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Chinese hackers behind VPN attack on US defence firms: Security experts
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Chinese hackers allegedly penetrated a company’s VPN technology to break into computer networks of the US defence industry sector, security consultant Mandiant…
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Biden makes nominations for US top cyber posts
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Joe Biden is nominating Mr Chris Inglis to be the National Cyber Director and Ms Jen Easterly to be director of…
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Facebook says data on 530 million users 'scraped' before September 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – Facebook Inc on Tuesday (April 6) said a recently reported data leak affecting potentially 530 million users stemmed from a misuse…
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