Information security

Italian politicians express alarm at latest data breach allegedly affecting 800,000 citizens

From left, Antonello Ardituro, Giovanni Melillo, Marcello Viola and Alessandra Dolci hold a press conference on precautionary measures for the…

3 weeks ago

Dutch government blames a ‘state actor’ for hacking a police network

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A cyberattack that broke into a police account and accessed work-related contact details of all Dutch…

1 month ago

Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The Dutch data protection watchdog on Tuesday issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine…

3 months ago

Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, says ransomware attackers stole corrupted, unusable data

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Hackers recently stole data from Ohio's largest city, but what they got was not usable and no…

3 months ago

‘Chaos agent’: Suspected Trump hack comes as Iran flexes digital muscles ahead of US election

WASHINGTON -- With less than three months before the U.S. election, Iran is intensifying its efforts to meddle in American…

3 months ago

DDoS Attacks Surge 46% in First Half of 2024, Gcore Report Reveals

2024-08-14 15:30:02 Monitoring evolving DDoS trends is essential for anticipating threats and adapting defensive strategies. The comprehensive Gcore Radar Report…

3 months ago

Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating data protection and consumer rights laws

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria's government on Friday announced a fine of $220 million on Meta, saying its investigations found “multiple…

4 months ago

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said an issue that has caused major disruptions is not a security incident or cyberattack

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said an issue that has caused major disruptions is not a security incident or cyberattack

4 months ago

AT&T says 2022 security breach compromised data of its cellular customers and landline users that interacted with them

AT&T says 2022 security breach compromised data of its cellular customers and landline users that interacted with them

4 months ago