Local governments in four states dealing with cyberattacks that have shut down services
Municipalities in California, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Texas are all recovering from disruptive cyberattacks that have affected government operations.
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Kids’ online safety bill faces dim prospects of passage this session despite progress
Proponents of the Kids Online Safety Act are cheering recent progress but acknowledge a long road ahead for legislation that, despite mounting political pres...
FBI, South Korea warn of Gunra ransomware gang targeting critical infrastructure
The Gunra ransomware gang is breaching critical infrastructure organizations through vulnerabilities in popular brands of firewalls, the FBI and South Korea’...
Poland uncovers second heat plant cyberattack that went hidden for months
The incident occurred on the same day as coordinated cyberattacks struck more than 30 other renewable energy installations and a larger heat plant, as Poland...
Senate Democrats introduce bill to distribute $300 million annually to shore up water system cybersecurity
Two Democratic senators introduced legislation that would allocate $300 million each year to fund cybersecurity improvements for the water and wastewater sec...
Russian military hackers pose as recruiters to target Ukrainian IT workers
Ukraine’s computer emergency response team, CERT-UA, said Saturday that the campaign has been running since at least May and is linked to Sandworm, the notor...
British ‘Com’ member who abused more than 100 girls worldwide jailed for two years
Justin Swaddle, of Leeds in northern England, targeted 117 female victims aged 13 to 17, according to the National Crime Agency.
China-linked hackers turning popular cybersecurity tool into ransomware launchpad, Microsoft warns
A China-linked threat actor is believed to be exploiting a critical vulnerability affecting cybersecurity software from the company N-able.
New Zealand sanctions Russian hackers, propaganda groups over Ukraine war
New Zealand announced new sanctions on Russian hackers, technology companies and Kremlin-linked organizations over their roles in supporting Moscow’s war aga...
Water utilities group partners with DEF CON offshoot for Water Watch Center
The National Rural Water Association and a group of cybersecurity experts have formed a program to help cash-strapped utilities face the increase in threats ...
US cyber ambassador nominee Cassady confirmed in Senate
NTIA official Adam Cassady becomes the second person confirmed to be the State Department's ambassador-at-large for cyber policy.
New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $567 million in kids online safety case
The money will be used to create a fund to mitigate social media harms, including by carving out $420 million for treatment for New Mexico youth who have bee...
Military device manufacturer discloses cyber incident to SEC
IEH Corporation — which produces specialized products used in military satellites, missiles and fighter jets — said it discovered a cyberattack on Tuesday an...
Irregular, firm behind AI hacking incidents, won't say if there were more
A spokesperson said Irregular’s investigation into what happened with Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta's AI models was ongoing and that they could not “go into fur...
Levi Strauss says hackers breached employee computers, accessed corporate data
Intruders exfiltrated certain corporate information after gaining access to three company-issued computers through a social engineering attack, Levi Strauss ...
French rugby club Stade Français restores systems after cyberattack, probes data leak
The club said Thursday that it had already restored its IT environment from clean backups, allowing operations to continue normally. It added that its ticket...
Cyberattack on North Carolina Ports ‘contained’ as Coast Guard, state officials investigate
North Carolina Ports is recovering from a cyberattack after its IT system was “hacked by an outside actor or group,” requiring a switch to manual processing ...
Belarusian cybercriminal behind Ransom Cartel gets 16-year prison sentence
A Belarusian national active in the cybercriminal world for decades was sentenced to 16 years in U.S.
Republic of Georgia alleges foreign disinfo campaign sought to scare off Russian tourists
Georgia's State Security Service is investigating whether foreign entities were behind the spread of fabricated stories claiming that Georgians were mistreat...
State Department says Trump raised cyber scam compound issue with Xi
President Donald Trump has talked with Chinese President Xi Jinping about Southeast Asian scam compounds, a State Department official told senators at a hear...