Facebook's data breach just got substantially worse than initially reported. In a follow up call this afternoon, the platform revealed that if your account was impacted, a hacker could have accessed any account you log into using Facebook
Russia foreign minister denounces "baseless accusations" of interference in UN speech.
Guy Rosen, FB VP of Product Management confirms FB is working with the FBI on this
1 year agoFacebook shares drop to session low after company says it has uncovered a security issue affecting nearly 50,000,000 accounts.
Facebook says it has discovered a "security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts
1 year agoDow, S&P 500, Nasdaq briefly turn negative as Facebook tumbles to session low after discovering security issue affecting 50M accounts
1 year agoPort of San Diego suffers cyber-attack, second port in a week after Barcelona. Cyber-attacks have been reported at three ports in the last two months.
Russia's GRU has developed a new malware rewriting the code flashed into a computer's UEFI chip that's virtually impossible to eradicate, capable of surviving a complete wipe of a target computer's hard drive.
NBI's Cybercrime Center will investigate yesterday's DoS attack and establish whether this latest incident has any links to similar DDoS attacks committed in the past few months.
1 year agoFinnish social insurance institution KELA again report problems with their services today, begun 10:42 local time. So far no other reports.
Emir of Qatar: Cyber security and piracy must be organized
1 year agoDDoS attack hits suomi.fi , Finnish identification services (social insurance institution, tax office etc e-Services depend on this)
Venezuelans say they are unable to access key Google services
The UK will be contributing £250M towards recruiting a cyber-force to combat the threat from Daesh, following successful UK cyber-attacks against the terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.
"America invented the Internet. It has brought prosperity and productivity to American lives and those across the world" per Nat'l Security Adviser @AmbJohnBolton "We must do more to ensure it is secure and remains an engine of American growth"
[email protected] signs new National Cyber Strategy, signalling the UnitedStates is prepared to go on the offensive in cyberspace and make sure adversaries know there is a price to pay for hacks, network intrusions and other types of attacks
In the briefing @AmbJohnBolton acknowledges his own information was stolen by China in the hack of @USOPM records.
Google confirms that it has alerted several Senators and Senate staff that their personal Gmail accounts have been targeted by state-backed hackers.
1 year agoAll 12 Russian spies indicted by Mueller in July have been added by Pompeo to a state dept blacklist "for being a part of, or operating for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation".
1 year agoSen. Marco Rubio has submitted a bill today "to require the Sec. of Commerce to ensure that ZTE complies with all probationary conditions set forth in the settlement agreement entered into between ZTE Corporation and the Department of Commerce."
Russia's internet regulator Roskomnadzor announced plans to inspect compliance of Russia's personal data storage law by @Twitter and @facebook
Telegram Durov: While apps like Telegram and Signal are currently blocked by the Iranian authorities, WhatsApp remains fully accessible in Iran.
Iran blamed for Parliament cyber-attack
2 year agoPoland says it's repelled a 3rd Russian hacking attack
Ex-employee of Russian agency on Internet influence "our goal in U.S. was to make US citizens hate own government"
ISIS attacks Iraqi PMU (Hashd) official internet site and tries to gain control of it.
Website targeting black Americans appears to be elaborate Russian propaganda effort
Twitter has turned over profile names, or 'handles,' of 201 Russia-linked accounts to Senate investigators, @AP source says.
2 year agoAll top dark web markets offline, according to tracker
CNN: Russian-linked meddling effort extended to YouTube, Tumblr and even Pokémon Go
