A group of hackers have executed a ransomware attack on Hoya Corp., marking the second successful attack on the Japanese firm in two years. ”We can confirm that Hoya Vision Care U.S. has experienced a cyberattack. Based on our initial forensics, the disruption appears to ...
A hacker group linked to the PLA conducted attacks on nearly 200 companies and research institutes in Japan, including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Data from 500 million Facebook accounts posted online, reports say
Data affecting more than 500 million Facebook users that was originally leaked in 2019, including email addresses and phone numbers, has been posted on an online hackers forum, according to media reports and a cybercrime expert. "All 533,000,000 Facebook records were just leaked for free," ...
'Trust no one' becomes cyber mantra after massive hacking attacks
In the wake of two massive cyberattacks that exposed glaring deficiencies in U.S. defenses, cybersecurity practitioners are saying zero trust may be the way to stop the cyber mayhem.
Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uyghurs abroad, company says
The social media company said the hackers targeted activists, journalists and dissidents who were predominantly Uyghurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group facing persecution in China.
We’re being watched. So are our watchers.
In modern society, the legal concept of a reasonable expectation of privacy is increasingly meaningless.
Number of cyberattacks on Japanese virus control center rose in 2020
The National Center for Global Health and Medicine experienced around 5.3 million attacks, up from from around 1.2 million in 2019.
Verkada workers had extensive access to private customer cameras
It is unclear whether most Verkada customers knew its employees could peer through the cameras they purchased from the company.
Hackers breach thousands of security cameras, exposing Tesla, jails and hospitals
The data breach was carried out by an international hacker collective and intended to show the pervasiveness of video surveillance and the ease with which systems could be broken into.
Hackers breach thousands of Microsoft customers around the world
A sophisticated attack on Microsoft Corp.’s widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis, as hackers race to infect as many victims as possible before companies can secure their computer systems.
ANA and JAL discover data of around 1 million customers compromised
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have discovered data of around 1 million and 920,000 of their customers, respectively, has been compromised, it was learned Saturday. According to ANA, the data breach is linked to a cyberattack on Swiss air transportation information technology firm Sita. ...
