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Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has claimed that a cyberattack by its specialists has "taken down" the Russian Defence Ministry's special communications server. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine on social media Quote: "On 30 January 2024, as a result of a cyberattack, the server of the Ministry of Defence of the aggressor state of Russia, which was used for special communications, went down.

Hackers backed by the Chinese government are targeting U.S. water treatment plants and electrical grids, FBI Director Christopher Wray is scheduled to testify.

The comments align with assessments from outside cybersecurity firms including Microsoft, which said in May that state-backed Chinese hackers have been targeting U.S. critical infrastructure and could be laying the technical groundwork for the potential disruption of critical communications between the U.S. and Asia during future crises.

The "cybersecurity incident" temporarily shuttered a provincial human rights agency that helped Roch Longueépée prove discrimination by the University of Waterloo.

A GoFundMe page has raised more than $3,000 for Amethyst Realm after hackers emptied the business' bank account.

Ukraine's Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry’s website has been targeted in a cyberattack and is currently inaccessible, the Ministry reported on Facebook on Jan. 30.

Although Keenan & Associates was hit by a data breach a long time ago—in the summer of 2023, the company warned that the affected 1.5 million customers are at risk of getting their data used by hackers.

Cybercrime is a big problem for small businesses, and as 68% of global organizations have experienced at least one cyber attack, it’s only getting worse.

Authorities are investigating whether the hack of Fulton County’s IT system could be related to the election interference case, but there has been no proof of that at last check.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has received a data breach report from three Kent councils, which continue to grapple with the aftermath of a cyberattack.