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Hackers

TransUnion not keen to pay hackers $15m ransom, South Africans' info at risk

By Tlou Legodi

IT Web news editor Admire Moyo shocked that the hackers sent him his information such as cellphone numbers, email addresses and the apartments he has stayed in.

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    Foreign hackers blamed for attack on Rome website

    All computer servers in the regional government in Lazio have been shut down in a bid to stop the virus spreading.

    378 days ago
  • Image: Pete Linforth on Pixabay

    Rome region website hacked, affecting vaccine bookings

    'A hacker attack is underway... all defence and verification operations are ongoing to avoid prolonging the cut in services,' the region said on its Twitter account.

    379 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 2 June 2021 the JBS meat plant is viewed in Plainwell, Michigan. The CEO of Brazilian meat processor JBS said the company paid $11 million in bitcoin to ransomware extortionists to prevent any further disruption, an article in the Wall Street Journal reported on 9 June 2021. Picture: AFP

    Meatpacking giant JBS says paid $11m to hackers in ransomware attack

    The American subsidiary of Brazilian meat processor JBS paid the equivalent of $11 million to ransomware extortionists to prevent any further disruption by the hackers, the company said in a statement Wednesday.

    431 days ago
  • Tesla Motors headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Picture: Wikimedia Commons/ Tumbenhaur.

    Hackers breach cameras at banks, jails, Tesla and more

    Images captured from hacked surveillance video were posted on Twitter with an #OperationPanopticon hashtag.

    523 days ago
  • FILE: Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on 3 August 2020 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    Hackers test defences of Trump campaign websites ahead of US election

    Cloudflare is widely used by businesses and other organisations to help defend against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which aim to take down websites by flooding them with malicious traffic.

    713 days ago
  • Handcuffs. Picture: Supplied.

    Trio nabbed for allegedly conspiring to steal money from Sassa

    The trio, aged between, 27 and 39, was arrested during an intelligence driven operation by the Hawks on Friday.

    750 days ago
  • FILE: Lady Gaga attends AT&T TV Super Saturday Night at Meridian at Island Gardens on 1 February 2020 in Miami, Florida. Picture: AFP

    Lady Gaga's data stolen by hackers amid ransom threat

    The 34-year-old pop singer and other A-list stars have fallen victim to a hacker group called REvil, which has been able to access an array of confidential information.

    823 days ago
  • FILE: Minister for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN.

    Hackers invade Nkoana-Mashabane's planned video meeting with pornography

    Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was expected to host a webinar on the effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable members of society when hackers disrupted the digital meeting.

    852 days ago
  • The City of Joburg briefs the media on 28 October 2019 on the progress made in restoring its IT system following a cyber attack last week. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter

    CoJ: Hackers didn’t access financial information

    The city missed the deadline set by the hackers who demanded almost half a million rand in bitcoin.

    1021 days ago
  • The City of Joburg briefs the media on 28 October 2019 on the progress made in restoring its IT system following a cyber attack last week. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter

    City of Joburg knows how and where IT system hacked

    The City of Joburg said that it had called on its local and international partners who were experts in IT to assist with its investigation.

    1022 days ago
  • A screenshot of the City of Joburg website. Picture: EWN

    CoJ says it will not concede to hackers' demands

    The City of Joburg disclosed that the attackers hacked the system on Friday and had threatened to leak customers' data if their demand of four bitcoins was not met.

    1022 days ago
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    Capital One says info of over 100 million individuals in US, Canada hacked

    A representative for the US Attorney’s office said it was not immediately clear what the suspect’s motive was.

    1112 days ago
  • Blackout. Picture: Free Images.

    Hackers are causing blackouts. It's time to boost our cyber resilience

    Over the past 10 years, the electricity sector has experienced significant cyber attacks – the map below provides a non-exhaustive snapshot.

    1235 days ago
  • US dollars. Picture: AFP.

    Russian hackers bilked firms out of tens of millions of dollars

    A separate, more lucrative scheme that began in 2015 saw two of the accused operate a fake advertising network for another fraudulent digital ad scheme.

    1356 days ago
  • A Microsoft office. Picture: pixabay.com

    Russian hackers targeted US conservative think-tanks, says Microsoft

    The software giant said it thwarted the attempts last week by taking control of sites that hackers had designed to mimic the pages of The International Republican Institute and The Hudson Institute.

    1455 days ago
  • Picture: @BithumbOfficial/Twitter.

    Hackers hit South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, bitcoin falls

    Bithumb said in a notice on its website on Wednesday that it has stopped all trading after ascertaining "some cryptocurrencies worth about 35 billion won has been seized".

    1517 days ago
  • FILE: Information Regulator chairperson Pansy Tlakula. Picture: GCIS

    New regulations to hold companies to account for security breaches

    Information Regulator chairperson advocate Pansy Tlakula says new regulations should be in place by December, which will hold companies responsible for not having the appropriate security procedures in place.

    1518 days ago
  • A YouTube screengrab shows Liberty CEO David Munro who addressed the media on 17 June 2018, after Liberty Group's system was hacked.

    Information Regulator seeks meeting with Liberty after data breach

    The company announced over the weekend that hackers stole emails and related attachments, and wanted money in return for keeping the information confidential.

    1519 days ago
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