Page 10 - Cyberattacks

Meat giant JBS pays $11 million in ransom to resolve cyberattack

The FBI has attributed the attack to REvil, a Russian-speaking gang that has made some of the largest ransomware demands on record in recent month

Cyberattack on US meat producer shows world's food supply vulnerable

Supply will become more susceptible in the years ahead as public health threats and potential cyberattacks loom large.

'Domino effect': Why the world's biggest websites suddenly went offline

Failure at Fastly, which helps websites load their pages faster, sent vast swaths of the web offline on Tuesday.

World's biggest meat supplier is latest prey to cybersecurity attack

The attack sidelined two shifts and halted processing at one of Canada's largest meatpacking plants, while in Australia the company canceled all beef and lamb kills across the nation

US pipeline operators ordered to increase cyber defenses after hack

This comes after a ransomware hack that disrupted gas supplies in several states this month.

Cyberattacks could trigger more rating actions on banks, says S&P

The banking sector is becoming more exposed to cybercrime after the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated digitalization and remote working

From Air India to Facebook, here're top 10 cyberattacks in India

From April 2020, monthly attacks never dipped below 300 million, and they reached a new high of 409 million attacks worldwide in November 2020

US gasoline prices at 7-yr high in slow recovery from cyberattack

Last week's closure of Colonial Pipeline's 5,500-mile (8,900-km) system was the most disruptive cyberattack on record

Ireland's health department under ransomware attack similar to that on HSE

Ireland's Department of Health has been under a ransomware attack similar to that recently launched on the country's Health Service Executive (HSE), the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said

US capital running out of gas, even as Colonial Pipeline recovers

Widespread panic buying continued two days after the pipeline network restarted, leaving filling stations across the US Southeast out of gas

Biden says fuel supply to take time to normalise after pipeline cyberattack

US President Joe Biden said that the country's fuel supply will take time to normalise as the operator of a key fuel pipeline has restarted operations after a cybersecurity attack.

President Joe Biden signs executive order to prevent cyberattacks in US

Alarmed after cyberattack at a key fuel pipeline last week, US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order, implementing new policies to improve national cybersecurity

Colonial Pipeline restarts operations after shutdown due to cyberattack

The Colonial Pipeline on Wednesday announced that it has begun a restart of its operations, days after a cyberattack forced the company to shut down, leading to gas shortages in the United States

White House didn't offer ransom advice to Colonial; may change policy

White House declined to weigh on whether companies that are hacked like Colonial Pipeline should pay ransom to their attackers, but a national security official said it may offer some advice in future

Oil gains after cyberattack forces shutdown of US fuel pipelines

Colonial Pipeline said on Sunday its main fuel lines remained offline after the attack that shut the system on Friday, but some smaller lines between terminals and delivery points were now operational

US government working to aid top fuel pipeline operator after cyberattack

The White House was working closely with top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline on Sunday to help it recover from a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut a critical fuel network

Oil rises 1% after cyber attack forces closure of US fuel jugular pipeline

Crude prices climbed more than 1% on Monday after a major cyber attack that forced the shutdown of critical fuel supply pipelines in the United States, highlighting the fragility of oil infrastructure

US imposes sanctions on Russia over cyberattacks and poll meddling

Expels 10 Russian diplomats, restricts new sovereign debt purchase

Cyberattacks: Retail and healthcare sectors among most targeted

Organisations in the business and professional services, retail and hospitality, financial, healthcare and high technology were the top targets

Cyberattacks against remote access protocols rise amid Covid pandemic

With work from home becoming more popular amid the pandemic, cyberattacks against remote access protocols have continued to rise over the past year, said a new report.