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Military-grade spyware designed by the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, was used to hack 37 smartphones of journalists, human rights activists and politicians, according to an investigation by 17 news organizations and the journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories.
The Department of Homeland Security has announced new requirements to “ensure the pipeline sector takes the steps necessary to safeguard their operations from rising cyber threats, and better protect our national and economic security,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday.
The proposed legislation would protect those that report attempted cyber breaches from liability and is a response to the wave of cyberattacks against major U.S. infrastructure in recent months.
Despite China’s denials, the U.S. government claims they were wholly responsible for the Microsoft Exchange hack in January.
Applying a tactic once used against terrorists and drug bosses, the Joe Biden administration is intensifying its struggle against cyberhackers.
The mystery over the sudden disappearance of a Russian-speaking cybercrime gang believed responsible for hacking more than 360 targets in the United States in 2021 alone has raised questions about whether the cyber “cold war” between Russia and the U.S. is heating up.
The center, located in a lower Manhattan skyscraper and staffed by government agencies and private businesses, involves 282 partners who share intelligence on cyber threats.
No RNC data was accessed in the second major cyberattack on the United States by a Russian network.
A ransomware attack that has effectively shut down small businesses in 17 countries around the world might only end when the hackers receive $70 million.
To tackle widespread cyberattacks, experts say that companies need to diversify.