Companies shouldn't be allowed to strike back against hackers, cybersecurity specialists and former government officials warned, after senators last week introduced legislation floating the idea of such counterattacks.
The work of attacking hackers should be left to government authorities that are better equipped to carry it out, the cyber experts said.
Hackers behind holiday crime spree demand $70 million, say they locked 1 million devices
The hacker gang behind an international crime spree that played out over the Fourth of July weekend says it has locked more than a million individual devices and is demanding $70 million in bitcoin to set them all free in one swoop.
The gang, the Russia-connected REvil, is best known for previously having hacked JBS, one of the world's largest meat suppliers, briefly halting its operations across much of North America. But this attack's potential scope is unprecedented, some cybersecurity experts said.
Russian hackers reportedly attacked GOP computer systems - The Verge
The attempted breach joins a growing wave of Russian government-affiliated hacks and ransomware attacks
Russian state hackers affiliated with the group Cozy Bear were reportedly behind an attack last week on Synnex, a contractor that provides IT services for the Republican National Committee (RNC), Bloomberg writes . The attack may have exposed the organization's information.
Biden under pressure to respond to Russian hackers' claims of responsibility for ransomware
WASHINGTON — Three weeks after he warned President Vladimir Putin to crack down on criminal hackers striking the U.S.
White House officials had said that they never believed Biden's demand to Putin would have immediate effect, and that they would give it six months to determine whether cyberattacks from inside Russia had tapered off.
Instagram did nothing as hackers stole from my followers.
I logged into an old account and finally was able to see what happened. Hackers had published a post that said my mom had been in a car accident and needed 200,000 rubles (about $2,500) for a surgery. They included information for people to send money to their bank account as well.
Moreover, the hackers responded on my behalf in direct messages. My friend Ekaterina, who transferred $30 to the scammers, received a response: "I am sorry that I am pressing, but can you lend me $40 more till tomorrow?" At that moment, according to her, she understood that it was a scam.
A Growing Dilemma: Whether to Pay Ransomware Hackers | Voice of America - English
Businesses and other organizations caught in sophisticated hackers' crosshairs typically must choose whether to reward criminals for their malicious work in return for regaining control of their computer networks, or to refuse to pay at the cost of losing irreplaceable data and the ability to
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The timing of the attacks couldn't have been worse, as Georgina Harrisson, the NSW Education Secretary said in a statement, it "creates considerable challenges for staff as we prepare for the start of Term 3," (via ZDNet ).
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Top lawyer for U.S. cyberwarriors calls for military cyber response to global criminal hackers
WASHINGTON — A top lawyer for America's cyberwarrior force is calling publicly for military operations against transnational criminal hackers, shedding light on a debate inside and outside the government about how best to deal with ransomware and other virtual threats.
Kurt Sanger, a Marine lieutenant colonel serving as general counsel at U.S.
The Apex Legends x Titanfall Hacking Situation Really Sucked For Respawn
"Nobody wants to hear devs complain when DDoS attacks are still a problem we haven't solved," Rigney wrote. "I was holding my newborn nephew when I found out about the Apex hack. Had to hand him back, go work, and miss out on a day with family."
"The problem's not awareness," he wrote. "It's that DDoSing in particular is just a hard problem to solve. Really hard."
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