Not only are Facebook's services and apps down for the public, its internal tools and communications platforms, including Workplace, are out as well. No one can do any work. Several people I've talked to said this is the equivalent of a "snow day" at the company
The DNS records that tell systems how to find Facebook.com or Instagram.com got withdrawn this morning from the global routing tables
The army is being used to deliver supplies to filling stations hit by the fuel crisis in parts of Kent and Sussex in the South East. The government says the "situation is definitely improving"
Syniverse, a cellphone network backbone provider for Verizon, AT&T, Vodafone and others got hacked. Company refused to disclose details of the hack. Experts say hackers potentially accessed call metadata (callers ID, location) and SMS content
Attentive, massive blackout in most social networks and communication services. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, Amazon, Google, AT
Users report downfall of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram
On 28 September, a coordinated strike between the French National Gendarmerie, the Ukrainian National Police and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with the coordination of Europol and INTERPOL, has led to the arrest in Ukraine of two prolific ransomware operators known for their extortionate ransom demands (between €5 to €70 million).
Internet service has been cut off in the governorates of Aden and Abyan, in southern Yemen, since dawn today
Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using MFA flaw: BleepinComputer
Iran has permitted licensed cryptocurrency mining machines to resume operations after a three-month lull ordered by former President Hassan Rouhani
Orly and Roissy: Takeoffs suspended after a technical breakdown
NATO top military commander urges Alliance to boost cyberwarfare capabilities
Group-IB say they have no offices in St.Petesrburg to be searched
Searches in the offices of Group-IB and other companies are taking place in St. Petersburg
Kremlin blasts YouTube for 'censorship' after German RT channels blocked
Roskomnadzor threatens to block YouTube over the deletion of RT's German channels
Komsomolskaya Pravda website in Belarus blocked by decision of the local Ministry of Information
Russian authorities charged co-founder of cyber-security company Group-IB Ilya Sachkov with high treason and arrested him for 2 months. Searches in Group-IB offices this morning. Group-IB had multiple government contracts, e.g. provided cybersecurity for Olympic Games in Sochi, cooperated with security services
US has extradited to Russia a Aleksei Burkov, who was sentenced to nine years in jail for cyber crimes. It seems like a prisoners' exchange
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GSS, the Spanish and Latin America division of Covisian, one of Europe’s largest customer care and call center providers, has suffered a debilitating ransomware attack that froze a large part of its IT systems and crippled call centers across its Spanish-speaking customerbase.
The European Union is threatening to take action against Russia over alleged complicity in a cyberattack campaign known as "Ghostwriter," which targeted several member states
Declaration of @JosepBorrellF on behalf of the EU on malicious cyber activities / Ghostwriter: - these activities attempt to undermine EU democratic processes - the EU & MS urge the Russian Federation to adhere to responsible state behaviour in cyberspace
REUTERS: Minnesota grain handler targeted in ransomware attack
Traces of NSO Pegasus spyware in the phones of 5 French ministers between 2019-2020, @Mediapart reports
The Insikt Group, the threat research division of Massachusetts-based Recorded Future, said the hacking group, given the temporary name TAG-28, made use of Winnti malware, which it said is exclusively shared among several Chinese state-sponsored activity groups
A US-based cybersecurity company said it has uncovered evidence that an Indian media conglomerate, as well as a police department and the agency responsible for national identification database have been hacked, likely by a state-sponsored Chinese group
A hacker group called Deus has leaked data it claims it obtained in a cyberattack on the Israeli call center service company Voicenter earlier this week and threatened to leak more data on Wednesday
1 month agoThousands of files allegedly leaked from Georgia's State Security Service revealed the EU Ambassador in Tbilisi Carl Harzell was also being wiretapped. EU Spokesperson Peter Stano had earlier stated the EU was taking the matter "very seriously" and "considering response”
1 month agoComparitech, a cybersecurity firm, said that there was a data leak containing the personal information of106 million international travelers to Thailand including passport numbers and name The leak was due to an unsecured database. Thai authorities have confirmed the leak
