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"In general, we would discourage paying the ransom because it encourages more of these attacks, and frankly, there is no guarantee whatsoever that you are going to get your data back," Wray testified before a U.S. Senate appropriations panel.
The Justice Department has disclosed it managed to help the Colonial Pipeline Co recover some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom it paid to hackers - an attack that led to widespread shortages at gas stations on the East Coast.
Hackers have penetrated multiple Alaska agencies this year. Here's what we know.
The Department of Health and Social Services' website was taken offline, along with online services like vital records and a background check system.
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Russian security chief says Moscow will work with U.S. to find hackers | Reuters
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Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov waits for a meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) Organizing Committee at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia December 11, 2019. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS/Files
MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters) - Russia will work with the United States to track down cyber criminals, the head of the FSB security service said on Wednesday, a week after U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to increase cooperation in certain areas.
SolarWinds hackers could have been waylaid by simple countermeasure -US officials | Reuters
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A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) - Following a decade-old security recommendation could have helped stymie the Russian hackers who ran amok across federal government networks last year, the Department of Homeland Security's digital defense arm said in a letter sent earlier this month.
1 in 3 healthcare orgs hit by ransomware pay hackers, report finds
Ransomware payments are highly discouraged by the federal government, yet more than a third of healthcare organizations affected by attacks might be discreetly paying the ransom, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Sophos .
The global report surveyed 328 IT decision-makers in the healthcare industry from January to February.
Tips for warding off email hackers
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Peggy says she was appalled "In the last 4 days I've had at least 100 people contact me that have said is everything OK can I help you. It breaks my heart because these are people that really would do something to help me if I needed it done."
Riling also recommends "Turn on multi-factor authentication so it's not only based on but you entering a code or having an app on your phone."
Cyber-attacks: how hackers are targeting seafarers
Hosted by The Digital Ship – the commercial maritime authority providing information on software, navigation technology and satellite communications – on 22 June, the webinar 'Seafarer training for cyber-security' highlighted the importance of increasing seafarer's awareness when it comes to
Protection from hackers: How Tor is tightening security | Science| In-depth reporting on science
This process is called routing. Tor actually stands for "The Onion Routing" because the Tor servers layer their encryption on top of the encryption of other servers — reminiscent of onion layers.
Deutsche Welle has also been operating its own onion service for some time, making it easier for users all over the world to access free media anonymously — especially people who fear repression for using such free media.
Scripps Health was attacked by hackers.
It took several weeks for Scripps Health to get its computer network and medical records system back online after it was hit with a ransomware attack May 1.
San Diego-based Scripps Health was besieged by a cyberattack that forced the health system to take a portion of its IT system offline for several weeks, which significantly disrupted care and forced medical personnel to use paper records.
DOJ Seized 63.7 Bitcoin from Colonial Pipeline Hackers
Now we are in no way confusing the cyber-criminal enterprise DarkSide with the plucky light-side rebels from Star Wars, but it appears the United States Department of Justice seized 63.7 bitcoins , worth $2.3 million, paid to cyber-criminal enterprise DarkSide following the May 7 ransomware
According to documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Colonial Pipeline provided investigators with the bitcoin address of the hackers it paid on May 8. The hackers then moved the funds through at least six more addresses by the next day.
Happening on Twitter
FBI Director Chris Wray testifies that the bureau is opening a new China related counterintelligence investigation every 10-12 hours. JennaMC_Laugh (from Washington, DC) Wed Jun 23 18:17:30 +0000 2021
5 months after the insurrection and @FBI Director Wray was still somehow unaware of more than 50 tips from Parler b… https://t.co/0vw0wj0Qvh RepMaloney (from New York City) Tue Jun 22 23:13:00 +0000 2021
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