Hackers steal nearly $100m in Japan crypto heist
Leading Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has been hit by hackers, with almost $100m (£73m) estimated to have been stolen. The company announced that some of...
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Hackers reportedly demand $50m from Saudi Aramco over data leak
Story by BBC The world’s most valuable oil producer Saudi Aramco has confirmed to the BBC that company data has leaked from one of its...
CA taps mobile application to tackle rising cybercriminal activities
The Communications Authority (CA) has developed a mobile application which will compliment its web based cybercrime reporting platform. CA Ag, Director General while speaking during...
US treasury and commerce departments targeted in cyber attack
The US has issued an emergency order after revealing that its treasury and commerce departments had been hacked. All federal civilian agencies have been told...
Kenyan companies face rising threats from hired hackers
Kenyan companies will be targets of hired hackers seeking to steal vital information and sell them to rivals, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has warned. While Kenya...
Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The...
Hackers steal data of N Korean defectors
Almost 1,000 North Korean defectors have had their personal data leaked after a computer at a South Korean resettlement centre was hacked, the unification ministry...
Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m
Hackers have stolen personal data in Singapore belonging to some 1.5 million people, or about a quarter of the population, officials say. They broke into...
Winter Olympics targeted by hackers says security firm
Hackers have attempted to steal sensitive data from groups involved with next month’s Winter Olympics, cyber-security firm McAfee said. The report found malware-infected emails were...
Schools warned over vulnerable heating systems to hackers
Dozens of British schools’ heating systems have been found to be vulnerable to hackers, according to a probe by a security research firm. Pen Test...