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Russian hacker groups, known as "NoName057" and "RipperSec," briefly disrupted Taiwanese financial platforms, including the stock exchange and Mega Financial Holding Co.'s website, through a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The attack caused connection issues but did not result in the theft of valuable information. The incident highlights the vulnerability of computing platforms in Taiwan, which is the world's largest producer of advanced semiconductors and a potential flashpoint in a US-China conflict. Taiwan has experienced an increase in cyberattacks in recent years, with a hacking group linked to the Chinese government stealing passwords and documents from a Taiwanese research center. [Extracted from the article]

Hackers targeted Taiwanese financial platforms, including the stock exchange and Mega Financial Holding Co., in a recent cyberattack. The attack, believed to be carried out by foreign agents, involved a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that caused connection issues for the platforms. The Taiwan Stock Exchange detected web queries from overseas IP addresses at unusually high volumes. While the government websites and trading returned to normal the following day, the incident highlights the vulnerability of computing platforms in Taiwan, a major producer of advanced semiconductors and a potential flashpoint in US-China tensions. Taiwan has experienced increasing cyberattacks in recent years, with a hacking group linked to the Chinese government stealing passwords and documents from a Taiwanese research center. [Extracted from the article]

Hackers targeted Taiwanese financial platforms, including the stock exchange and Mega Financial Holding Co., in a recent cyberattack. The attack, believed to be carried out by foreign agents, involved a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that caused connection issues for the platforms. The Taiwan Stock Exchange detected web queries from overseas IP addresses at unusually high volumes. While the government websites and trading returned to normal the following day, the incident highlights the vulnerability of computing platforms in Taiwan, a major producer of advanced semiconductors and a potential flashpoint in US-China tensions. Taiwan has experienced increasing cyberattacks in recent years, with a hacking group linked to the Chinese government stealing passwords and documents from a Taiwanese research center. [Extracted from the article]

Elon Musk announced that a cyber attack caused a delay in his conversation with Donald Trump. Musk stated that they would proceed with a limited number of listeners and that the full audio of their discussion would be released later. The attack, which involved flooding a site with excessive traffic, affected Musk's platform, X. This delay drew comparisons to technical glitches that disrupted Governor Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign. Musk recently endorsed Trump for president and has become more involved in right-leaning causes and candidates. [Extracted from the article]

Elon Musk's conversation with Donald Trump was delayed due to a cyber attack, according to Musk. He mentioned a massive DDOS attack on X, which caused the delay. It is unclear what caused the issue with X. Many viewers experienced technical difficulties when trying to join the livestream, drawing comparisons to previous technical glitches during political campaigns. Musk recently endorsed Trump and has been more involved in right-leaning causes and candidates. [Extracted from the article]

Microsoft has confirmed that the recent outage of its Azure cloud applications was caused by a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyberattack. The attack began on Tuesday and was exacerbated by an error in Microsoft's automated protection mechanisms. Customers in multiple regions, including Starbucks, were affected by the outage. DDoS attacks have become a persistent issue for financial institutions and can cause intermittent downtime. Microsoft stated that the incident was resolved by 5 p.m. in New York. The company has been working to improve its cybersecurity products and has over 1.2 million security customers. [Extracted from the article]

Iluka Resources Ltd., an Australian rare earths miner, has experienced a cyber attack on its external website, although its internal systems were not compromised. The attack was a denial-of-service attack aimed at disrupting the company's website. This comes after another Australian rare earths producer, Northern Minerals Ltd., reported a breach of its cybersecurity protections, resulting in the release of some data onto the dark web. Australia has recently taken steps to counter China's dominance in critical minerals, including ordering a Chinese-linked fund to sell its stakes in Northern Minerals. [Extracted from the article]

Fulton County, Georgia has experienced a cyberattack that has caused an unexpected outage, resulting in the county's phone systems being down and certain online transactions being halted. This includes the filing of property tax, firearms, and marriage licenses. The county officials, along with the FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation, will hold an emergency press conference to address the incident. It is important to note that Fulton County is the location of the 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, but it is unclear if the cyberattack is related to this case. [Extracted from the article]

A cyberattack recently occurred in Fulton County, Georgia, disrupting the court systems where former President Donald Trump is facing charges related to the 2020 election. The attack affected various systems, including the court, tax, firearms, and marriage-license systems. Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation, are investigating the incident, but the specific nature and source of the attack are still unknown. It is unclear if any sensitive information was compromised. Trump's lawyers have also requested the disqualification of the Fulton County District Attorney due to allegations of an improper relationship with a special prosecutor involved in the case. [Extracted from the article]

The Swiss government has condemned a recent cyber attack on its websites, attributing it to Russian-linked hackers. The attack was reportedly in retaliation for Switzerland hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the World Economic Forum. The government stated that they had anticipated such an attack and had implemented appropriate security measures. The attack, known as a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, aims to make websites unavailable by overwhelming them with internet traffic. This incident follows a previous attack on Swiss government websites by the same group in June. [Extracted from the article]

Veon Ltd., the wireless operator that owns Ukraine's largest mobile company, Kyivstar, has stated that a cyberattack in December 2023, which disrupted phone and internet services for approximately 24 million people, was carried out by Russian state actors. The attack, described as "military-grade," affected not only telecom services but also digital banking services, ATMs, and air raid sirens. The Ukrainian government has previously accused Russia of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks aimed at disrupting vital infrastructure during wartime. Veon provided $100 million in compensation to customers for the three days of disrupted services. [Extracted from the article]

Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, and Russian hackers have increased their cyberattacks on Israel since the war with Hamas began, according to the chief technology officer of Check Point Software Technologies. Israeli targets have seen a 20% increase in cyberattacks since the conflict started, with defense-linked companies experiencing a 50% rise. The tactics being used, such as distributed denial-of-service attacks and intelligence-gathering efforts, are not new. It is unclear if the attacks from Russia are state-backed or opportunistic. [Extracted from the article]

In March 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) experienced a cyberattack that briefly took its computer network offline. While HHS Secretary Alex Azar downplayed the severity of the attack, former officials involved in the response believe it was a serious and unusual cyberthreat. The attack, which used a distributed denial of service (DDoS) technique, was the largest DDoS attack the US government had ever experienced. The officials suspect that the attack was a smokescreen for a state-sponsored probe of computer networks associated with the US's pandemic response, possibly by China. However, the official investigation did not reach a conclusion about China's involvement. Other countries, including Russia, Iran, Vietnam, and North Korea, also sought information related to the coronavirus during the pandemic. The attacks on HHS highlight the unexpected forms that state-backed cyber operations can take and the need for increased cybersecurity measures. [Extracted from the article]

A hacking group called Anonymous Sudan, which is believed to have links to Russia, has claimed responsibility for the recent outages experienced by OpenAI's ChatGPT. The group targeted OpenAI due to its alleged support of Israel. OpenAI reported periodic outages of its chatbot, which it attributed to a distributed denial of service attack. Anonymous Sudan has previously carried out high-profile DDoS attacks on various targets, and cybersecurity researchers believe it is connected to Russia and acts in line with the Kremlin's geopolitical priorities. [Extracted from the article]

OpenAI has revealed that the recent outages experienced by its ChatGPT service may be the result of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The company, which has played a significant role in the development of generative AI, stated that it is working to mitigate the abnormal traffic pattern caused by the attack. OpenAI recently introduced GPT-4 Turbo, a more powerful version of its language model, and highlighted the widespread use of ChatGPT by millions of people and Fortune 500 businesses. However, OpenAI faces competition from other AI startups, tech giants, and even its early backer, Elon Musk. [Extracted from the article]

This year's invitation-only event began Saturday - just hours after the militant group Hamas attacked Israel, killing civilians, taking hostages and drawing the threat of a retaliatory ground incursion into Gaza. (Bloomberg) -- Every fall, dozens of security and intelligence officials from across the nation descend upon an island off the coast of Georgia and talk, for four days, about the most pressing threats facing the US. [Extracted from the article]

Killnet, a group that purports to be made of up patriotic Russian volunteer hackers, announced on Sunday that it would target all Israeli government systems with distributed denial-of-service attacks, a type of cyberattack known as DDoS that floods websites with traffic and forces them offline. (Bloomberg) -- Hacking groups, including some tied to Russia, are attacking Israeli government and media websites, allying themselves with the Palestinian military group Hamas that launched a series of deadly strikes on the country over the weekend. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Hacking groups, including some tied to Russia, are attacking Israeli government and media websites, allying themselves with the Palestinian military group Hamas that launched a series of deadly attacks on the country over the weekend. Killnet, a group that purports to be made of up patriotic Russian volunteer hackers, announced on Sunday that it would target all Israeli government systems with distributed denial-of-service attacks, a type of cyberattack known as DDoS that floods websites with traffic and forces them offline. [Extracted from the article]

BaFin took security and defensive measures after the attack which also restrict access to the website, according to a spokeswoman. (Bloomberg) -- German banking regulator BaFin said its website has only been partially accessible since Friday after a so-called distributed denial of service attack. [Extracted from the article]

Hacking Group Says It Attacked Microsoft for Sudan. The group claimed its June 5 distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks against Microsoft were retaliation for US policy regarding Sudan's military conflict. The massive wave of strikes launched by Anonymous Sudan against Israel have meant that, during the first quarter of this year, the nation faced more denial-of-service attacks than any other country, according to Cloudflare Inc., a cybersecurity firm. [Extracted from the article]

Ukrainian Telecom Giant Plans Rebuild - With Chinese Kit for Now China has said Chinese vendors make up the same proportion of Germany's 5G telecom infrastructure and, until a 2020 ban, Huawei was central to Britain's 5G roll out plan. (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine's biggest telecom operator pledged to boost spending by a third to rebuild systems destroyed by Russian forces, relying on Chinese suppliers at a time when its western allies are pulling back. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The coders who maintain Bitcoin's blockchain are clashing over whether to stamp out the meme tokens swarming the network. For veteran Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr, Ordinals transactions are like spam and should be kept off Bitcoin's blockchain. Amid the controversy, the key takeaways from the Ordinals phenomenon include the ability to use the Bitcoin network in novel ways and the need to scale up its transaction capacity to avoid future traffic jams. [Extracted from the article]

Amid the controversy, the key takeaways from the Ordinals phenomenon include the ability to use the Bitcoin network in novel ways and the need to scale up its transaction capacity to avoid future traffic jams. (Bloomberg) -- The coders who maintain Bitcoin's blockchain are clashing over whether to stamp out the meme tokens swarming the network. For veteran Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr, Ordinals transactions are like spam and should be kept off Bitcoin's blockchain. [Extracted from the article]

Amid the controversy, the key takeaways from the Ordinals phenomenon include the ability to use the Bitcoin network in novel ways and the need to scale up its transaction capacity to avoid future traffic jams. (Bloomberg) -- The coders who maintain Bitcoin's blockchain are clashing over whether to stamp out the meme tokens swarming the network. Read more: Memecoin Mania, NFTs Bring "Seismic Shift" for Bitcoin Mining For veteran Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr, Ordinals transactions are like spam and should be kept off Bitcoin's blockchain. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Since February, a mysterious hacker group calling itself Anonymous Sudan has targeted dozens of Swedish airports, hospitals and banks with distributed denial-of-service attacks, ostensibly in response to the burning of a Koran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm earlier this year. While it's impossible to know exactly how successful these Russian efforts have been, in April, Erdogan instructed Turkey's parliament to ratify Finland's entry into NATO - leaving Sweden behind. [Extracted from the article]

Similarly, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre issued an alert to businesses warning of a "new class of Russian cyber adversary." (Bloomberg) -- Russia-aligned hackers are attempting to damage or destroy the UK's critical national infrastructure, a top British government official is expected to warn on Wednesday. [Extracted from the article]

However, Ukraine's defenses have largely fended off a major cyberwar with the help of foreign tech companies including Microsoft. (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. warned an infamous hacking group that is tied to Russia's military intelligence agency GRU could be gearing up for more ransomware attacks both inside and outside of Ukraine. [Extracted from the article]

A 2017 attack on Ukraine's financial sector by Russia, using NotPetya malware, spiraled across the globe and cost a reported $10 billion in damages. (Bloomberg) -- Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, its hacking offensive was well under way. The cybersecurity firm Mandiant, now part of Google Cloud, tracked more destructive cyberattacks in Ukraine during the first four months of 2022 than in the previous eight years. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Poland's top cybersecurity official blamed Russia for an attack that disrupted the work of a government tax website. A temporary distributed-denial-of-service attack, or DDoS, knocked offline the podatki.gov.pl portal early on Tuesday, according to Janusz Cieszynski, a government official in charge of cybersecurity. [Extracted from the article]

DDoS attackers marshal an army of connected devices - known as a botnet - and direct internet traffic at a website to disrupt it or shut it down. Last week, for instance, Killnet claimed credit for a DDoS campaign in Germany that targeted airport websites, the financial sector and federal and state authorities. (Bloomberg) -- Long considered a nuisance, distributed-denial-of-service attacks, or DDoS, are a growing problem for banks and other financial businesses, according to a new report. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Long considered a nuisance, distributed-denial-of-service attacks, or DDoS, are growing problem for banks and other financial businesses, according to a new report. DDoS attackers marshal an army of connected devices - known as a botnet - and direct internet traffic at a website to disrupt it or shut it down. Last week, for instance, Killnet claimed credit for a DDoS campaign in Germany that targeted airport websites, the financial sector and federal and state authorities. [Extracted from the article]

The FBI and DOJ performed a similar operation against DDoS sites in December 2018 when they seized 15 DDoS websites and charged three individuals. (Bloomberg) -- The US seized dozens of internet domains and charged six people in a sting intended to bring down a network of cyberattack-for-hire services, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. [Extracted from the article]

Eva Kaili, vice president of the European Parliament, said the only problem caused by the attack had been external access to the website. (Bloomberg) -- The European Parliament's website was knocked offline following what its president, Roberta Metsola, described as "a sophisticated cyberattack.". [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Cyber attacks that knock the websites of election offices and campaigns temporarily offline are expected to continue as votes roll in, but none of the efforts have threatened the integrity of the vote, a senior official at the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Tuesday. A handful of offices, including the Mississippi Secretary of State's website, were targeted with Distributed Denial of Service, or DDoS attacks, on election day. [Extracted from the article]

US and European Union officials in May blamed the Russian government for a February cyberattack on the satellite company Viasat Inc., which knocked out communications in much of Ukraine in the hours prior to Russia's invasion. (Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian officials are documenting suspected Russian hacking incidents as part of a plan to prosecute Moscow in an international court, according to a top Ukrainian cybersecurity official. [Extracted from the article]

The Mango incident is "a price manipulation attack" that took advantage of the ability to leverage up positions on the platform, according to BlockSec, a company specializing in crypto security. (Bloomberg) -- An attacker spirited away about $100 million from decentralized finance provider Mango by manipulating the price of its token in an exploit that wiped out depositors on the crypto platform. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- A pro-Russian hacktivist group is claiming credit for a series of disruptions that temporarily knocked the websites of some US airports offline. The FAA's air-traffic website showed no indications of any flight disruptions from the cyberattacks. [Extracted from the article]

It had been six years since the original, highly acclaimed Overwatch first came out and the sequel is one of Activision's flagship game launches this year. (Bloomberg) -- Activision Blizzard Inc. was hit with a cyberattack on Tuesday, causing wide-scale connectivity issues during the launch of its hotly anticipated Overwatch 2 video game. [Extracted from the article]

Sorrenti's campaign seeks to highlight Cloudflare's role -- and the role of similar companies -- in empowering alleged harm online. Keywords: NET; ALLTOP; BUSINESS; CANADA; COS; GEN; GOV; INDUSTRIES; INTERNET; MED; NORTHAM; TEC; TECHTOP; TECSVC; TMT; TOP; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM EN NET ALLTOP BUSINESS CANADA COS GEN GOV INDUSTRIES INTERNET MED NORTHAM TEC TECHTOP TECSVC TMT TOP US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM Cloudflare Inc., an internet services company, is facing mounting protests online calling for it to cease support for Kiwi Farms, a discussion forum for harassment and hate campaigns that has forced a well-known transgender Twitch streamer into hiding. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Estonia repulsed the largest wave of cyber attacks in over a decade as a pro-Kremlin hacking group retaliated to the government's dismantling of a monument dedicated to Soviet World War II veterans. "Estonia was subject to the most extensive cyber attacks it has faced since 2007", Luukas Ilves, Undersecretary for Digital Transformation, said on Twitter on Thursday. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the blockchain's software transition is unlikely to be significantly impacted even if some miners gravitate to alternative chains to mint tokens. Buterin's comments come ahead of a long-anticipated major software upgrade to the blockchain that aims to reduce the extensive energy use. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the blockchain's software transition is unlikely to be significantly impacted even if miners continue to mint the tokens on its early offshoot, the Ethereum Classic chain. Buterin's comments come ahead of a long-anticipated major software upgrade to the blockchain that aims to reduce the extensive energy use. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Russian hacker group Killnet targeted a string of Norwegian public service websites in the latest digital salvo against NATO member countries. Norway's National Security Authority has been assisting a series of organizations in dealing with targeted cyber attacks from an alleged pro-Russian group, Director General Sofie Nystrom told reporters on Wednesday. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- America's top spy sees a "grinding struggle" ahead for Russia in Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin's military able to make incremental gains but no significant breakthrough as it seeks to take control of large parts of its neighbor. Finland and Sweden were formally invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after Turkey dropped its opposition, all but ensuring NATO's expansion on Russia's doorstep. [Extracted from the article]

Finland and Sweden were formally invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after Turkey dropped its opposition, all but ensuring NATO's expansion on Russia's doorstep. (Bloomberg) -- America's top spy sees a "grinding struggle" ahead for Russia in Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin's military able to make incremental gains but no significant breakthrough as it seeks to take control of large parts of its neighbor. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- NATO laid out plans to boost forces in Europe by placing about 300,000 troops on high alert to counter Russian aggression as leaders from the 30-member military alliance hold talks in Madrid. "The accession of Finland and Sweden will make them safer, NATO stronger, and the Euro-Atlantic area more secure", according to summit conclusions agreed by NATO leaders in Madrid. [Extracted from the article]

"The accession of Finland and Sweden will make them safer, NATO stronger, and the Euro-Atlantic area more secure", according to summit conclusions agreed by NATO leaders in Madrid. (Bloomberg) -- NATO laid out plans to boost forces in Europe by placing about 300,000 troops on high alert to counter Russian aggression as leaders from the 30-member military alliance hold talks in Madrid. [Extracted from the article]

"The accession of Finland and Sweden will make them safer, NATO stronger, and the Euro-Atlantic area more secure", according to summit conclusions agreed by NATO leaders in Madrid. (Bloomberg) -- NATO discussed plans to boost forces in Europe by placing about 300,000 troops on high alert to counter Russian aggression as leaders from the 30-member military alliance hold talks in Madrid. [Extracted from the article]