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A Colonial Pipeline station is seen, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Smyrna, Ga., near Atlanta. Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, halted operations last week after revealing a cyberattack that it said had affected some of its systems. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) GAMS106 GAMS106

May 13, 2021 at 10:14 am

Colonial Pipeline paid hackers nearly $5 million in ransom

Colonial Pipeline paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on Friday, contradicting reports that the company had no intention of paying to restore the...

May 10, 2021 at 4:12 pm

Pipeline hack exposes brutal vise of cyber-era extortion schemes

Colonial Pipeline's executives – as well as much of the country – are now getting a lesson in the efficiencies of ransomware and the fact...

Business

October 30, 2020 at 9:30 am

Hackers bearing down on U.S. hospitals have more attacks planned

A Russia-based ransomware group responsible for a new wave of attacks against U.S. hospitals is laying the groundwork to cripple at least ten more, according...

FILE – In this June 7, 2019, file photo, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey leaves after his talk with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Dorsey’s official account was hacked Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, and sending racist and vulgar tweets to his 4.2 million followers. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) NYDD205 NYDD205

August 30, 2019 at 1:02 pm

Twitter CEO Dorsey’s account hacked, sends racist tweets

(Bloomberg) -- Twitter Inc. blamed Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey's mobile phone carrier for a hack of his Twitter account that sent out a stream...

Business

October 13, 2014 at 10:50 pm

Russian hackers tracking Ukraine crisis used Windows flaw to steal NATO secrets

Russian hackers targeted sensitive documents related to the recent NATO summit in Wales, using a security flaw in Microsoft Windows that affects tens of millions...

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October 2, 2014 at 6:59 pm

Q&A: What you need to know about JPMorgan’s data breach

JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank, on Thursday described the size of its previously disclosed data breach, ranking it among the year’s largest-known cyberattacks. Here’s...

Business

December 17, 2011 at 10:00 pm

China is the No. 1 hacker threat to U.S. firms

China has made industrial espionage an integral part of its economic policy, stealing company secrets to help it leapfrog over U.S. and other foreign competitors...

Business

November 9, 2011 at 8:21 pm

7 charged with fraud in massive online ad scheme

The United States says malicious software was used to manipulate online advertising, divert users to rogue servers and infect more than 4 million computers in...

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