LONDON (Reuters) – British police said their communications remained secure on Thursday after hackers linked to the anti-establishment group Anonymous blocked an anti-terrorism hotline and illegally recorded a security unit’s officers discussing their actions. An activist group called Team Poison jammed the hotline with repeated calls – so-called “phone bombing” – preventing those with genuine…
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An additional 750,000 people had their personal information stolen by hackers, state health officials said Monday after discovering that the thieves downloaded thousands more files of data than authorities initially believed.
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SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A data security breach of Utah’s state health records was far larger than first reported, with hackers from Eastern Europe now believed to have gained access to private information of some 780,000 patients, state officials said on Monday. The intrusion exposed the Social Security numbers of about 280,000 individuals to…
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TORONTO – Mac users can no longer be blithely indifferent about the risks of viruses and cyber attacks, warn computer security experts.
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International cooperation on developing better tools and methods to prevent cyberattacks is being undermined by poor computer security among U.S. allies, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday.
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Health officials in Utah say 750,000 additional people, including many children, may have had personal information stolen by hackers.
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Hundreds of thousands of people could have had their Social Security numbers stolen by hackers, state health officials said Monday after discovering that the thieves downloaded thousands more files of personal information than authorities initially believed.
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LONDON – Britain’s Home Office says its website was temporarily unavailable overnight, and hackers are claiming responsibility for shutting it down.
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Britain’s Home Office confirmed Sunday that its website was attacked overnight after hackers claimed responsibility for shutting it down.
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Health officials in Utah say hackers who downloaded thousands of medical files from state computers stole far more personal information than originally thought.
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