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© iStockphoto The University of California (UC) said Wednesday that it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The state university system said in a statement published to its website UCNet, that its institution, along with several other government agencies, private companies and other schools have been involved in an attack through the use of Accellion, a secure filing transfer company.  “An unauthorized individual appears to have copied and transferred UC files by exploiting a vulnerab...

© iStockphoto Molson Coors’s beer production has been disrupted by a massive hack, the company said Thursday. The brewer, which makes Miller and Coors products, said in filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it experienced a “systems outage that was caused by a cybersecurity incident.” The company said it had “leading forensic information technology firms and legal counsel” to assist their investigation, and is working to get its systems up as quickly as possibl...

By Jordan Williams - 02/16/21 09:28 PM EST   A hacker is claiming to have stolen files from prominent law firm Jones Day, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The files were posted to the dark web, according to the Journal, and included some documents that were reviewed by the newspaper. One memo was reportedly addressed to a judge and marked “confidential mediation brief,” while another is a cover letter for “confidential documents.” The Journal reported it couldn’t ...

Biden Did Five Things In His First Phone Call With Putin That Trump Never Did Trump spent years denying evidence of Russian interference in U.S. elections and cybersecurity hacks. Biden brought them up in the first phone call with Putin. ByVersha Sharma Published on 1/27/2021 at 5:02 PM (left) Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video meeting in July 2020, thanking Russians who supported controversial constitutional reforms that would allow him to stay in office until 2036. (right) U.S. P...

The scale and scope of the recently revealed computer hack of scores of federal government agencies, U.S. corporations and perhaps other targets appears to be unprecedented. The U.S. response must

U.S. Cites Russia as Likely Hacking Culprit, Bucking Trump Bloomberg 1/5/2021 © Bloomberg SolarWinds headquarters in Austin, Texas. (Bloomberg) -- U.S. intelligence agencies and the FBI said a major hack of the federal government and some corporations was likely undertaken by Russia -- contradicting President Donald Trump’s efforts to suggest China might be responsible -- and “will require a sustained and dedicated effort to remediate.” The Federal Bureau of Investigation is still fo...

A group of U.S. intelligence agencies and the FBI said a major hack of the federal government and some corporations was likely undertaken by Russia

A widespread cyber hack compromising federal government systems and thousands of public and private networks is “likely Russian in origin” and believed to be "an intelligence gathering effort,” according to a joint statement from federal national security agencies. The Cyber Unified Coordination Group – which includes the FBI, National Security Agency, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security...

Tech 2 months, 2 weeks The recent SolarWinds cyberattack targeted the US government, its agencies, and a slew of other private companies and has emerged as one of the biggest targeted security breaches against the U.S. government. Now, there are reports that U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies have revealed that Russia is ‘likely’ behind the massive SolarWinds cyberattack. This is contrary to allegations made by Donald Trump who suspected China to be behind the cyberattacks. As...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The government says that under 10 U.S. agencies were affected. • 4 min read Suspected Russian hack a ‘moment of reckoning’: Microsoft president Microsoft President Brad Smith calls the recent hack on U.S. agencies “extraordinarily sophisticated and extremely broad,” and wants more action to hold foreign actors accountable.Sergio Flores/Reuters, FILE U.S. intelligence agencies on Tuesday attributed the r...