The parallels between the new BlackMatter group and the group that hacked the pipeline suggest DarkSide may have returned under a new name, according to professionals who analyze hacking techniques and ransomware payments
President Biden in May ordered the Department of Homeland Security to create a public-private board to investigate major hacks but offered few details on how the initiative would work. Some security wonks say the administration should look to transportation disasters for clues.
A cyberattack took down an Italian region’s vaccine-scheduling website, highlighting hackers’ ability to topple Covid-19 infrastructure.
The fine, which Amazon disclosed Friday in a securities filing, was issued two weeks ago by Luxembourg’s privacy regulator and accompanied by an order to revise certain business practices that Amazon didn’t specify.
Sen. Roger Wicker (R., Miss.) plans Wednesday to introduce a bill for ensuring consumers’ control over personal data collected or processed by companies.
As companies face growing hacking risks, corporate cybersecurity chiefs are earning more money compared with last year, but in many cases are still reporting to IT leaders.
A cancer patient in Ireland is suing a hospital in Cork after his data was exposed online following a ransomware attack on the country’s healthcare system.
The tech company said it received a universal decryptor that would help restore all the computer systems affected by the July 2 hack of one of its products.
Companies are pushing to narrow legislation that would require them to report cyberattacks to the U.S. government, as a series of hacks has added momentum to a nearly decadelong effort in Congress to approve such a law.
The Biden administration is considering executive actions to provide greater privacy to EU citizens and certainty for firms that transfer people’s data to the U.S.
Robinhood Markets Inc.’s cryptocurrency arm expects to pay a $30 million fine to settle a New York state probe into its cybersecurity and anti-money-laundering practices, the mobile investing firm said in regulatory filings Monday, a sharp increase from an earlier estimate of the potential penalty.
Chinese scrutiny of tech firms is part of a wave of measures around the world aimed at keeping data in-country.