Cybersecurity

UK GDP rose just 0.1 per cent in the last quarter, less than expected, with the largest cyber attack in British history blamed by the govt.

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) on Wednesday proposed some of the world’s toughest regulations for content generated by artificial intelligence (AI), including “visible labelling, metadata traceability, and transparency for all public-facing AI-generated media.”

Japan could run out of its most popular beer, Asahi Super Dry, this weekend due to a massive cyberattack that shut down dozens of the company’s factories.

BRUSSELS (AP) – A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe’s major airports on Saturday, officials said, though the initial impact appeared to be limited. The disruptions to electronic systems initially

Cryptocurrency experts are warning that the industry is now under constant attack by North Korean hackers running elaborate recruiting scams.

Google reports that a “complex, multifaceted campaign” by hackers linked to the Chinese government is targeting diplomats in Asia.

The Trump administration’s Treasury Department is “pushing as hard as we can” on cyber security, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a policy event with Breitbart News.

An American security company called Commvault commissioned a survey last week that found Australian businesses have recovered much more quickly from cyberattacks over the past year, thanks to improved preparedness and tighter government regulations on security.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) has issued subpoenas to companies selling Chinese medical devices with a built-in “backdoor” that can transmit patient information to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled institution without the patient’s consent.

Iran’s technology security heads have ordered regime officials not to use any devices that can connect to public internet networks.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that it signed a joint “International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security” agreement with over ten different nations, including the authoritarian regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and North Korea.

The Czech government has identified China as being “responsible” for cyberattacks against a a communication network of the Czech Foreign Ministry, officials said on Wednesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced over $10 billion in deals with Vietnam on Monday, including an agreement for Vietnam to buy 20 French-made Airbus planes.

U.S. engineers have discovered mysterious, undocumented communication devices lurking in some Chinese-made solar power inverters and batteries, Reuters reported.

California Cryobank, the largest sperm bank in the United States, has revealed that it suffered a data breach exposing the private details of its customers. The company has not yet disclosed if donor information was also compromised in the breach.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that 12 Chinese nationals have been indicted in a global “hackers-for-hire” scheme.

Hackers linked to the North Korean dictatorship pulled off the biggest heist in history last week, looting an estimated $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency from Bybit, an exchange based in Dubai.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles on Monday for discussions that prioritized cybersecurity concerns and Costa Rica’s longstanding conflict with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.

Users of China’s spyware-laced social media platform TikTok are reportedly flocking to another app called Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book,” in the face of a looming U.S. ban.

Incoming National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told Breitbart News exclusively that every intelligence NSC official under outgoing President Joe Biden will be expected to vacate the premises by 12:01 p.m. Eastern on Inauguration Day.

As we head into 2025, here are some simple but effective cybersecurity resolutions you should embrace to avoid suffering the same fate as the many Americans hit by hacking, phishing, and identity theft.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Rep. French Hill (R-AR), vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee, on Thursday wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen demanding more details of a cyberattack on Treasury’s computer systems allegedly perpetrated by hackers linked to the Chinese government.

In cybersecurity news, 2024 was framed by three “typhoons,” including Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, two massive Chinese attacks.

Whether sabotage or accident, suspicion immediately fell on the much-discussed Russian-backed sabotage against European infrastructure.

Set Forth, a prominent debt relief services provider, has disclosed a significant data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of 1.5 million Americans, including Social Security numbers, full names, and dates of birth.

Cybersecurity experts have issued an urgent warning, urging computer users not to type the phrase “Are Bengal Cats legal in Australia?” into search engines due to the risk of falling victim to a bizarre cyber attack.

An alarming new report from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security reveals Chinese hackers lurked undetected in Canadian government systems for years.

Microsoft has been continuing to warn that the U.S. is vulnerable to cyberattacks from China — yet has still maintained closed ties to Chinese government research institutes that could serve as the training grounds for the communist country’s army of hackers.

Users of public Wi-Fi at major British railway stations told “Islamisation of Europe is already happening, and it’s getting worse each day”.

John Dwyer, research director for cybersecurity firm Binary Defense, said in an interview on Wednesday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers were able to infiltrate the network of a U.S.-based global engineering firm and linger for months before they were discovered.

Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary-general of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran, on Wednesday called for the China-dominated BRICS economic group to create “a new security structure in the international arena to help the order and security of the future world.”

Poland´s security officials said they foiled cyberattacks and online blackmail attempts by groups acting for Russian and Belarusian services.

Reports from the U.S. and New Zealand warn that China is waging complex campaigns to interfere with foreign politics online.

Flights were grounded, civil servants were locked out of their computers and police officers resorted to texting one another in the Netherlands on Wednesday as a network outage at the Ministry of Defense.

The FBI, ODNI, and CISA stated that hackers linked to the Iranian government were responsible for attacking the Trump campaign.

A security researcher’s mission to investigate a wave of fraudulent text messages impersonating the United States Postal Service (USPS) has uncovered a massive “smishing” operation, hacking into fraudsters’ systems after they tried to trick him with a bogus package delivery message.