cyberattacks

Teenager allegedly behind London metro hack Law enforcement officials in the UK have arrested a teenager in connection with a cyberattack earlier this month on London’s metro system. A 17-year-old boy was detained for suspected violations of the Computer Misuse Act in connection with a 1...

Wind farms targeted in cyberattacks But offshore wind farms are already being affected by cyberattacks, according to a recent report. Against the background of climate change, there’s a push to make offshore wind a much bigger part of the UK’s energy supply in coming years. [The Conversation]

The cyberattack that could take world back to the 1950s If space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would instantly be returned to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity is largely invisible to the public at a...

Facebook and WhatsApp accounts takeovers surge in SA During the past 24 months, many South Africans have found their Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp accounts taken over by cybercriminals. While these attacks have targeted some prominent individuals like radio personalities, many people who...

African elections could become major cyberattack target Mimecast VP of sales engineering for the EMEA region Brian Pinnock believes Africa could become a target for cyberattacks in the political space, particularly during elections. During an interview with eNCA, Pinnock was asked whether we...

Cyberattack nearly killed South African non-profit After months of uncertainty, The Big Issue is back on its feet thanks to a number of donors. In June 2023, the magazine was scammed out of R600,000 and its survival was at stake. The funds were stolen by a scammer posing as the magazine’s...

Nampak suffers data breach South African packaging giant Nampak suffered a data breach on its systems last week. In a statement on Tuesday, 26 March 2024, the company said it had detected “unauthorised activity” on its IT systems on Wednesday, 20 March 2024.

Russian group behind major Microsoft breach suspected to be behind HPE attack Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. said a suspected nation-state actor gained unauthorised access to its cloud-based email system, pointing a finger at a group also suspected in a recent Microsoft Corp. hack. The entity...

Cyberattack forces major banking business on Wall Street to record transactions in spreadsheets Another cyberattack against the unglamorous platforms underpinning Wall Street left one of global banks’ biggest businesses falling back on an old-fashioned method of doing business...

Russia-linked hackers claim responsibility for DDoSing ChatGPT A hacking group linked to Russia claimed responsibility for attacks that periodically forced OpenAI’s ChatGPT offline this week, saying it targeted the company due to its support of Israel. The group, which calls itself Anonymous...

OpenAI says DDoS attack on ChatGPT possible cause of outages OpenAI is grappling with “abnormal traffic” that suggests hackers are trying to swamp its services, revealing for the first time the potential cause of outages that’ve plagued ChatGPT this week. The Microsoft Corp.-backed startup...

Boeing parts website goes dark following cyberattack Boeing Co.’s website selling spare aircraft parts, software and services was offline Thursday after the aerospace giant acknowledged it was dealing with a cyberattack. Customers visiting the official Boeing supplies web page were met with an...

Suspected ransomware attack on Boeing Boeing Co. confirmed it is dealing with a “cyber incident” that targeted elements of the parts and distribution business run by its global services division. Flight safety isn’t affected, Boeing said in an emailed statement Wednesday, adding, “We are...

Chinese hack of US officials blamed on Microsoft engineer's compromised account China-linked hackers breached the corporate account of a Microsoft Corp. engineer and are suspected of using that access to steal a valuable key that enabled the hack of senior US officials’ email accounts, the...

MOVEit hacking sparks fears of major cyberattacks Cybersecurity experts are bracing for a potential wave of extortion demands after a vulnerability was discovered in encrypted file-sharing software, a flaw that hackers have already used to target a string of high-profile victims, including...

Chinese hackers breached US Navy networks via home Wi-Fi routers An alleged campaign by Chinese state-sponsored hackers on targets in the US and Guam has raised fears that Beijing is preparing to disrupt communications in the Pacific in the event of a conflict. The hacking campaign was first...

Massive Twitter hacking carried out with fraudulent SIM swaps A British man has admitted to his involvement in one of the most high-profile social media hacks, a plot that included the hijacking of top US political and business leaders’ Twitter accounts. Joseph James O’Connor pleaded guilty in...

Customer names and partial credit card details exposed in Western Digital hacking incident Western Digital Corp. said hackers got access to an internal database for its online store which contained personal information such as names, addresses and partial credit card details of customers. The...

ChatGPT and other AI tools will make spotting phishing attacks more difficult Cisco Systems Inc. warned that artificial intelligence software such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT will make phishing attempts much harder to detect, requiring companies to adopt new defences. About 80% of illicit access into...

Ferrari hit by ransomware attack Ferrari NV said it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed information on the Italian sports car maker’s customers. “Certain data relating to our clients was exposed, including names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers,” chief executive...