Chinese researcher fugitive has left the San Francisco consulate and been arrested, will appear likely today in CA Eastern District Court. - Senior Justice Department Official
More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal tools that could change user account settings and hand control to others, two former employees said
FBI: U.S. researchers studying COVID19 must stay vigilant. The FBI and @CISAgov warn that PRC-affiliated cyber actors might try to collect intellectual property and public health data related to vaccines, treatments, and testing
Twitter exploring the possibility of a subscription service for part of the social media platform, according to @jack
EU is expected to introduce new sanctions against Russianext week, in connection with cyber attacks
US State Department: The closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston is response to protect U.S. intellectual property
Turkish draft social media bill expected to curtail online free expression
Twitter takes down 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits another 150,000, reports @NBCNews
Twitter: We've been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm. In line with this approach, this week we are taking further action on so-called 'QAnon' activity across the service
Jan Marsalek, COO of Wirecard and a fugitive and a key suspect in the German investigation into how 1.9 billion Euros is missing from the payment company, was mentioned in an attempt to buy tools from Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team
@TheJusticeDept announces charges vs 2 China nationals for trying to hack research on COVID19 vaccine research, hit-tech manufacturing, solar energy, defense, pharmaceuticals and gaming Hackers-named as Li Xiaoyu & Dong Jiazhi-stole "terrabytes of data" per officials
Pompeo: China continues to steal patents
NSA Director and commander US Cyber Command, Gen. Paul Nakasone: "Our number one goal, our number one objective at the National Seucrity Agency and @US_CYBERCOM: a safe, secure and legitimate 2020 elections"
A source from NEC told Nikkei that the company is already "in discussions" with the British side
Two cyber attacks recently occurred on Israeli water facilities, one in the Upper Galilee and the other in Mateh Yehuda. The Water Authority confirmed that the attacks did not cause any damage and were repaired immediately
3 week agoConfirmed: Internet restrictions are in place in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran from 10 p.m. local time; real-time network data show total (pictured) and partial disruptions varying by provider amid anti-government protests; incident ongoing
Investigation into the Twitter Bitcoin hack being led by the @FBI, reports @Reuters
3 week agoLast night Belarus tested the blocking of VPN which allows to access Telegram when it's blocked. Telegram is the authorities' biggest concern atm as it is used to organize and coordinate the protests. Belarus' largest opposition channel has 350k followers, more than in Russia
Kremlin denies involvement in hacker attacks on pharmaceutical companies and research centers in the UK
Russian cyber actors (known as APT29 or "Cozy Bear") are targeting organizations in America, Canada & the UK involved COVID vaccine development
Russian cyber attacks are attempting to steal Covid-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions – UK National Cyber Security Centre
3 week agoGovt says Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 General Election through the online amplification of illicitly acquired and leaked Government documents. Says there's a criminal investigation - Raab statement
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab: 'There is an ongoing criminal investigation and it would be inappropriate for us to say anything further at this point. The Government reserves the right to respond with appropriate measures in the future.'
The North Macedonian State Electoral Commission's website was temporarily brought down by an alleged DDoS attack during the parliamentary elections yesterday. SEC officials insisted that the alleged attack did not affect the data
Twitter: We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools
[email protected] : Trump signed secret finding authorizing CIA to conduct hack-and-dump cyber attacks against Iran and other targets-a significant escalation in the cyber wars
A deepfake disinformation operation is targeting UK lawyer Mazen Masri and Palestinian rights campaigner Ryvka Barnard - a sign of how this technology is being popularized as a propaganda-spreading tool
OUTAGE: WhatsApp down reports are surging in right now with thousands of users around the world hit by issues with the ly popular chat app
3 week agoConfirmed: Significant disruption to multiple networks in Iran after 5 p.m. UTC (9:30 p.m. local time); real-time network data show significant impact to subscriber internet lines limiting citizens' ability to communicate; incident ongoing
3 week agoArmenian hackers hacked ~2K routers in Azerbaijan and redirected traffic to this page. Cyber war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is on the process
