RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - So far so good: Virginia Election officials tell us they have not seen any attempts to hack into its databases before the 2020 election. That's unlike what happened four years ago when they say hackers were looking for weaknesses in Virginia's election websites.
It's no secret Russian hackers with the Kremlin's military intelligence unit targeted Virginia's election infrastructure in 2016. In fact, it's all detailed in this Senate Intelligence committee report with at least 21 states targeted.
Many things are taking place:
Call Of Duty Accounts Hacked? Activision Denies Any Compromise
"Activision Call of Duty accounts have not been compromised. Reports suggesting otherwise are not accurate. We investigate all privacy concerns. As always we recommend that players take precautions to protect their accounts at all times. Please visit our player support page for further information, including a helpful set of tips and step-by-step instructions."
The advice offered by Activision is comprehensive, but missing my normal recommendation that you should also activate two-factor authentication (2FA) to protect an account. The reason being that it appears this isn't an option on Activision accounts.
Iranian Hackers Can Beat Encrypted Apps like Telegram, Researchers Say - The New York Times
Iranian hackers, most likely employees or affiliates of the government, have been running a vast cyberespionage operation equipped with surveillance tools that can outsmart encrypted messaging systems — a capability Iran was not previously known to possess, according to two digital security reports released Friday.
The reports, which were reviewed by The New York Times in advance of their release, say that the hackers have successfully infiltrated what were thought to be secure mobile phones and computers belonging to the targets, overcoming obstacles created by encrypted applications such as Telegram and, according to Miaan, even gaining access to information on WhatsApp. Both are popular messaging tools in Iran. The hackers also have created malware disguised as Android applications, the reports said.
Hackers appear to leak personal data of 1,000 Belarusian police officers ahead of mass rally
"If detentions continue, we will continue to publish data on a massive scale," NEXTA said in a statement, alongside the Telegram message.
NBC News has seen the list, but was unable to verify whether the information contained in the document was accurate or whether the officers had detained protesters.
The channel promised to continue publishing personal data of officers if protesters continued to be detained.
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The government said it would find and punish those responsible for leaking the personal data of officers.
And here's another article:
Exclusive: Hackers Hit Virgin Mobile in Saudi Arabia
Security researchers who acquired the stolen data warned Virgin Mobile KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), which secured its network Friday, according to a source with knowledge of the attack. Virgin Mobile KSA is a locally owned franchise of the brand, which is owned by Virgin Group.
A Virgin Mobile KSA spokesperson told Information Security Media Group on Saturday that the incident has been remediated and that no customer data was breached. The spokesperson says the intrusion occurred due to "a Microsoft Exchange-related issue, which was recently addressed by Microsoft with a patch. We have taken extensive measures to protect our systems and continue to probe our security infrastructure to ensure that there are no further vulnerabilities."
US charges two Iranian hackers for years-long cyber-espionage, cybercrime spree | ZDNet
US officials talk about all the methods the Chinese government and its agents have been using to target US companies and universities to steal intellectual property.
Financial data and personally identifiable information wasn't off-limits, and the two also stole intellectual property, such as unpublished scientific research.
In addition, the two also targeted and stole personal information and communications of Iranian dissidents, human rights activists, and opposition leaders, according to George M. Crouch Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Newark Division.
U.S. calls out Iranian hacker threat with indictment, sanctions and threat analysis - POLITICO
A participant looks at lines of code on a laptop at a computer hacker conference in Berlin. | Getty Images
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U.S. officials on Thursday turned up the heat on Iranian hackers, sanctioning one of Tehran's state-backed hacker teams, charging three Iranians with stealing sensitive information about aerospace and satellite technology and exposing the hackers' favorite tools and strategies.
The strategic view: The new charges, sanctions and alerts reflect both the Trump administration's desire to publicize Iranian aggression — a goal it also advanced with a separate indictment announced on Wednesday — and national security agencies' more aggressive cyber deterrence efforts. On Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the bureau wanted to stop playing "whack-a-mole" with hackers and "look at this fight in a new way.
How the NSA is disrupting foreign hackers targeting COVID-19 vaccine research – TechCrunch
The headlines aren’t always kind to the National Security Agency, a spy agency that operates almost entirely in the shadows. But a year ago, the NSA launched its new Cybersecurity Directorate, which in the past year has emerged as one of the more visible divisions of the spy agency.
But six months after the directorate started its work, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and large swathes of the world — and the U.S. — went into lockdown, prompting hackers to shift gears and change tactics.
Happening on Twitter
Election disinformation has already begun Officials in VA debunked false posts on Twitter, stating that Trump supp… https://t.co/qqpDGeSOAD JackPosobiec (from Washington, DC) Sun Sep 20 17:33:46 +0000 2020
"Election officials said that the group stayed about 100 feet from the entrance to the building and, contrary to po… https://t.co/jN9fGJlQeg MattWolking (from Washington, D.C.) Sun Sep 20 16:46:16 +0000 2020
In its first day of early in person voting on Friday, Virginia reported 27,005 votes cast. Based on modeled partisa… https://t.co/sw9MxzEt8C tbonier (from Washington, DC) Sun Sep 20 16:33:40 +0000 2020
This is a shockingly dishonest headline by the NYT given: "Election officials said that the group stayed about 100… https://t.co/T6XpAFmEcT jasonrantz (from Seattle WA) Mon Sep 21 01:26:35 +0000 2020
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