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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. government data breach disclosed earlier this year was tied to a bug in enterprise software maker Atlassian's Confluence suite of collaboration tools, an IT contractor said on Tuesday. CGI Federal, an IT contractor and unit of CGI Inc, said in a statement that it was working "with authorities and clients to identify and disclose any data affected by the Confluence exploitation," which was made public in October. On Monday, the Government Accountabili...

WASHINGTON -A U.S. government data breach disclosed earlier this year was tied to a bug in enterprise software maker Atlassians Confluence suite of collaboration tools, an IT contractor said on...

Long-time Slashdot reader v3rgEz shared this report from MuckRock: Founded in 2003, Appin has been described as a cybersecurity company and an educational consulting firm. Appin was also, according to Reuters reporting and extensive marketing materials, a prolific "hacking for hire" service, steali...

An advanced group of Chinese hackers taking aim at U.S. critical infrastructure have been active for as long as half a decade, American and allied intelligence agencies said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The U.S. National Security Agency, U.S. cyber watchdog CISA, the FBI, and the Transportation Security Administration said that the group known as "Volt Typhoon" had quietly burrowed into the networks of aviation, rail, mass transit, highway, maritime, pipeline, water and sewage o...

Internet firm Cloudflare said in a statement on Thursday that an advanced group of hackers tried to burrow deep into its global network late last year but were thwarted. The spies were able to access "some documentation and a limited amount of source code" but Cloudflare said the operational impact of the intrusion was "extremely limited." "Based on our collaboration with colleagues in the industry and government, we believe that this attack was performed by a nation s...

Western media outlets need to adopt a more nuanced, respectful, and fact-based approach to reporting on the Global South in order to create a media environment that is really global and representative of the world. In recent years, disinformation warfare has become increasingly prominent, particularly in the process of constructing and promoting narratives with the […]

The hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's official account on X on Tuesday renewed concerns about the social media platform's security since its takeover by billionaire Elon Musk in 2022. The hackers posted false news about a widely anticipated announcement the SEC was expected to make about bitcoin, leading the cryptocurrency's price to spike and alarming observers. The SEC deleted the post roughly 30 minutes after it appeared.

U.S. officials say they have seized digital extortion websites associated with the notorious Blackcat ransomware gang and are helping dozens of victims recover their data. ... -December 19, 2023 at 11:35 am EST - MarketScreener

By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials say they have seized digital extortion websites associated with the notorious "Blackcat" ranso...

By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials say they have seized digital extortion websites associated with the notorious "Blackcat" ranso...