Hackers on Tuesday released a sample of stolen election-related documents from networks in Hall County, Ga., as part of their efforts to pressure county officials into paying a ransom for control of the files.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the batch of files, which were largely administrative and nonsensitive in nature, came as part of a threat from hackers urging officials to comply with their demands or risk more sensitive information being released.
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Trump Campaign Website Is Defaced by Hackers - The New York Times
President Trump's campaign website was briefly taken over by hackers who defaced the site on Tuesday.
The defacement lasted less than 30 minutes, but the incident came as Mr. Trump's campaign and that of his opponent, Joseph R. Biden Jr., as well as law enforcement and intelligence agencies, have been on high alert for digital interference ahead of next week's election.
In a statement, Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, confirmed the website's defacement and said it was "working with law enforcement authorities to investigate the source of the attack." He added, "There was no exposure to sensitive data because none of it is actually stored on the site. The website has been restored."
Microsoft says Iranian hackers targeted ‘high profile’ conference attendees –
Phosphorus is known to target high-profile individuals, like politicians and presidential hopefuls . But Microsoft said that this latest attack was not related to the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
Russians Who Pose Election Threat Have Hacked Nuclear Plants and Power Grid - The New York Times
Cybersecurity officials watched with growing alarm in September as Russian state hackers started prowling around dozens of American state and local government computer systems just two months before the election.
The act itself did not worry them so much — officials anticipated that the Russians who interfered in the 2016 election would be back — but the actor did. The group, known to researchers as "Dragonfly" or "Energetic Bear" for its hackings of the energy sector, was not involved in 2016 election hacking. But it has in the past five years breached the power grid, water treatment facilities and even nuclear power plants, including one in Kansas .
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Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3 million
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party's account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party's chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The party noticed the suspicious activity on Oct. 22 and contacted the FBI on Friday, said Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt.
Hitt said the FBI is investigating. FBI spokesman Leonard Peace did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
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A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients' Therapy Notes | WIRED
The health care and mental health services provider Vastaamo says it first began investigating a possible breach at the end of September, when a hacker contacted three of the organization's employees with extortion demands. Since then, Vastaamo has been working with the private security firm Nixu, Finland's Central Criminal Police, and other national law enforcement agencies to investigate the situation.
But while the concept may be widely known, the practice is widely viewed as especially immoral. And leaking mental health patient data for extortion appears to be a new low.
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