The hacked system was connected to the Healthcare.gov website, where the general public can sign up for healthcare coverage. Hackers have got access to personal data belonging to 75,000 people in a breach of government health insurance system used by insurance agents and brokers to help customers sign up for healthcare plans in the US, […]
Read MoreHacked and hacked off: without change this new data law will fail victims
Your name, your email address, your home address, your bank details, your credit or debit card details. You probably cannot count the number of times that you have been asked to share these important pieces of personal data with a company or organisation in the past weeks or months. As more and more of us […]
Read MoreLiechtenstein Bank Blackmailed By Hackers
It was reported on November 30, 2016, that Liechtenstein-based Valartis Bank has been threatened by computer hackers demanding a ransom in return for not releasing the personal information of its clients to financial watchdogs. The hackers have reportedly demanded that 10 percent of the bank’s account balances be paid to them in bitcoin before December […]
Read More$81-M Bangladesh bank heist: Where’s the money now?
A high-level delegation from Bangladesh will arrive next month seeking to recover the $81 million laundered in the Philippines. Close to $1 billion from the Bangladesh bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was targeted by hackers, but the US bank managed to stop 30 of the 35 transactions. Five of the […]
Read MoreGFSC Subject to one of the Biggest Attacks in its History?
IT HAS BEEN REPORTED Guernsey Financial Services Commission has been subject to one of the biggest attacks in its history. The hacktivists collective, Anonymous had launched a 30-day operation called OpIcarus, against “all central banks” and major financial institutions, claiming that it would be one of the biggest attacks in its history. The hacktivist group, […]
Read MoreChina has been hacking US officials’ Gmail for 5 years
Chinese cyber spies have been accessing the private emails of top US national security and trade officials since April 2010, citing a U.S. intelligence official and top secret document. The officials’ government email accounts were not vulnerable to the hacking because they were on more secure systems, NBC said. A National Security Agency briefing in 2014 […]
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