(CNN) The US State Department is offering up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of senior members of a Russian-speaking ransomware gang that forced major US fuel operator Colonial Pipeline to shut down in May.
Jeweler Graff Hit By Ransomware Hackers
The attackers “plundered the personal details of world leaders, Hollywood A-listers and billionaire tycoons in a massive ‘virtual heist,'” the Daily Mail reports .
It’s believed that Russian gang Conti is responsible for the incident and is demanding tens of millions of dollars “ tens of millions of dollars to decrypt the Graff systems and prevent further sensitive information from being released,” Security Boulevard reports .
Hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can crack it in a decade | MIT Technology
While they wrestle with the immediate danger posed by hackers today, US government officials are preparing for another, longer-term threat: attackers who are collecting sensitive, encrypted data now in the hope that they'll be able to unlock it at some point in the future.
The threat comes from quantum computers, which work very differently from the classical computers we use today. Instead of the traditional bits made of 1 s and 0 s, they use quantum bits that can represent different values at the same time.
Hackers attack Smart TV owners who lack strong cybersecurity
COLORADO SPRINGS — Now to a warning for any of you out there in the market for a new TV this holiday season. Some of you may be purchasing a Smart TV for the first time, connecting it to the internet.
It's so convenient to have a new TV that operates just like a computer or smart phone, you can stream shows and movies and even surf the web, but cybersecurity experts say it could actually create an opening for hackers to sneak right into your home.
Online hackers hit Louisville small business, try to scam customers
Out of the two years that Nicole Burks has successfully run Big Nita's Cheesecakes, this week, the unthinkable happened at the hands of online social media hackers.
"We're basically trying to save our business right now because these people are using our business name to scam people out of money," Burks said.
Hackers claim to leak details of LGBTQ dating site after ransom not paid | The Times of Israel
The Black Shadow hacking group on Tuesday uploaded what it said was the full database of personal user information from the Atraf website, an LGBTQ dating service and nightlife index.
The group uploaded the file to a channel on the Telegram messaging app after a ransom demand of $1 million in digital currency to prevent the leak was apparently not paid.
Hackers breach South Dakota health system: 5 details
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is notifying patients that unauthorized activity disrupted its network and it is investigating the scope of the breach.
CIA director brings up Russian hackers at talks in Moscow - sources | Reuters
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William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, attends his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2021. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW, Nov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns raised the issue of Russian cyberattacks during a rare visit to Moscow, where he met high-ranking security officials, three sources told Reuters.
Man Upset That Hackers Stole His Bored Ape NFTs
Hackers tricked a man who was selling three NFT images of apes into giving them up for free on Saturday, according to the man, who claimed that the stolen NFTs were worth "over a million dollars."
Becerra said that the alleged hackers posed as interested buyers in a Discord channel and pretended to help him fix a problem with his cryptocurrency wallet, and then deceived him into choosing “an option and took everything.”
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