We are all somewhat numbed by the continual announcements about cyber-hackers that have broken into an online database and stolen our personal information, oftentimes doing so via attacking credit reporting agency databases, retailer databases, insurance company databases, financial and banking systems, and the like.
It seems like nearly every day a letter comes in the mail with a notification that your personal identification has been compromised and you are urged to take precautionary measures to be on the watch for someone falsely using your ID and masquerading as you. Those reprehensible uses can harm your credit rating, can smear your reputation, and can hit bluntly your savings or other monies that the hackers might be able to access and deplete.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Cyberwar continues as Greek hackers make Turkish Defence Ministry website go offline - Greek City
Yesterday Turkish hackers initiated a “cyberwar” when they took down the website of a small municipality of about only 30,000 people called Chalkidona in the Thessaloniki regional unit. Ayyidiz Tim, the "cyber soldier of Turkey," took responsibility for the cuber attack.
Anonymous Greece hacker group responded by not taking down a small local municipality website, but the entire Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, as reported by Greek City Times .
OODA Loop - Hackers who hit grid taunt Elexon with dark web files
Hacking group REvii was reportedly behind a May attack on the UK power grid. The group is now offering allegedly stolen material on the dark web after another attack that held part of the network hostage. REvii posted several confidential documents, including financial records and financial records. However, the group stated that this leaked information came from middleman Elexon.
Elexon handles a huge amount of transactions between power plant operators and electricity suppliers and is key to keeping the UK powers supply chain clean and affordable. According to an allegedly stolen data sample, REvii has stolen valuable documents. The group is now demanding a ransom payment from the company, although it is unclear when the deadline for this ransom is or what amount the hacking group requested.
Hackers Are Already Screwing With the 2020 Election | Vanity Fair
The president—who has repeatedly lied about widespread voter fraud since winning the 2016 election—threatened to cut federal funding to Michigan and Nevada as he escalates crusade against mail-in voting in 2020.
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Amid Pandemic and Upheaval, New Cyberthreats to the Presidential Election - The New York Times
With the general election less than 150 days away, there are rising concerns that the push for remote voting prompted by the pandemic could open new opportunities to hack the vote — for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, but also others hoping to disrupt, influence or profit from the election.
President Trump has repeatedly said that mail-in ballots invite voter fraud and would benefit Democrats. It is a baseless claim: Mail-in voting has resulted in little fraud in the five states that have used it for years, and a recent study at Stanford University found that voting by mail did not advantage either party and might increase voter turnout for both parties.
DARPA invites hackers to break hardware to make it more secure - CyberScoop
For more than two years, the Pentagon's research arm has been working with engineers to beef up the security of computer chips before they get deployed in weapons systems or other critical technologies.
Now, the research arm — the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — is turning the hardware over to elite white-hat hackers who can earn up to $25,000 for bugs they find. The goal is to throw an array of attacks at the hardware so its foundations are more secure before production.
George Floyd: Anonymous hackers re-emerge amid US unrest - BBC News
As the United States deals with widespread civil unrest across dozens of cities, "hacktivist" group Anonymous has returned from the shadows.
The hacker collective was once a regular fixture in the news, targeting those it accused of injustice with cyber-attacks.
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The "hacktivist" collective has no face, and no leadership. Its tagline is simply "we are legion", referring to its allegedly large numbers of individuals.
Google: State-backed hackers targeted Trump, Biden campaigns | SiouxlandProud | Sioux City, IA |
BOSTON (AP) — Google said state-backed hackers have targeted the campaigns of both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, although it saw no evidence that the phishing attempts were successful.
The company confirmed the findings after the director of its Threat Analysis Group, Shane Huntley, disclosed the attempts Thursday on Twitter.
Recently TAG saw China APT group targeting Biden campaign staff & Iran APT targeting Trump campaign staff with phishing. No sign of compromise. We sent users our govt attack warning and we referred to fed law enforcement. https://t.co/ozlRL4SwhG
Happening on Twitter
The Three Top Ways That #CyberHackers Will Criminally Make Money Off Of #SelfDrivingCars… https://t.co/sYUzEs8g9e SpirosMargaris (from All Over the World) Mon Jun 08 17:59:41 +0000 2020
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