US revises Chinese hack claims after China hits back over ‘state-sponsored’ charges The US Department of Justice issued a revised statement regarding their Chinese hack claims on Friday. The edited statement clarified that high-profile organizations were targets rather than confirmed victims of a Chinese hacking group. The US Senate, Federal Reserve, Department of Energy, NASA,...Read More
Today’s healthcare systems don’t operate just within the walls of a single hospital. They are dispersed networks, spanning large hospital campuses, regional clinics, imaging facilities, outpatient centers, and even physicians’ home offices. And when you add in mobile nurses, remote administrative staff, and third-party specialists, you have one of the most complex IT landscapes of...Read More
The Rhysida ransomware group claims it stole 5.79 terabytes of data from Berlin government agencies and plans to auction the information after officials rejected its ransom demand. ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Berlin’s government network, saying it seized a vast amount of sensitive data and plans to...Read More
You may have noticed that Flock Safety’s automatic license plate reader cameras—and the cops who misuse them—are getting a lot of coverage lately. This week, WIRED found a particularly wild case: A cop in Alpharetta, Georgia, was accused of searching for the license plate of a coworker dozens of times after an affair between the...Read More
A ransomware crew that built its reputation on mass file-transfer hacks has pulled off something different this month. Cl0p, the extortion group behind the 2023 MOVEit breach, has spent August 2026 naming Shell, Philips, General Electric, Fiserv and roughly 45 other companies on its dark-web leak site. The common thread isn’t a shared vendor for...Read More
McKesson Corporation, the pharmaceutical distribution giant that moves roughly a third of the prescription drugs sold in the United States, confirmed on August 28, 2026, that it suffered a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and theft of data. Hours after the disclosure, the extortion group ShinyHunters told BleepingComputer it had pulled roughly...Read More
Our state’s greatest threat likely won’t come from storms, although we all know the damage hurricanes, floods and ice storms can create. It won’t come from political upheavals or a revolution, although we acknowledge the turmoil that could result. And it’s hard to conceive of a widespread epidemic wiping large numbers of us out, although...Read More
Berlin’s mayor on Friday said the city was being blackmailed after a data theft during a cyberattack two weeks ago. According to the German weekly Der Spiegel, the blackmailers are demanding 30 bitcoins — the equivalent of about two million euros or $2.5 million. The publication, which cited confirmation from a security source, added that...Read More
As consumers connect more devices across their homes — from laptops and phones to streaming, gaming, smart home technology and everyday communication tools — protecting those devices has become an increasingly important priority. A new national survey conducted on behalf of Optimum found that 66% of Americans would pay more for a high level of...Read More
US authorities seized two domains allegedly used to target sensitive government networks since 2018. Published On 26 Aug 202626 Aug 2026 The United States said it has disrupted a China-affiliated hacking operation that targeted sensitive US government bodies, including the US Department of Justice, NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the US Senate. The Justice Department’s...Read More
