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Hackers demand $10M for stolen Australian health records

Steven Trask, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 10 03:33 PM

Hackers on Thursday demanded US$10 million to stop leaking highly sensitive records stolen from a major Australian healthcare company, as they uploaded yet more intimate details about customers. Read more »

North Korean hackers may have stolen crypto in cyberattack

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 20 05:13 PM

The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus is believed to have stolen cryptocurrency from domestic crypto asset trading services in cyberattacks, the Japanese National Police Agency's commissioner general said Thursday. Read more »

2 South Koreans arrested for spying for North

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 03:32 PM

Two South Koreans have been arrested on charges of stealing military secrets for a suspected North Korean agent who paid them in cryptocurrency. Read more »

Mga suspek na nag-alok na i-hack ang Smartmatic, huli

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 06:16 PM

Arestado sa entrapment operation ng PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group at CICC ang 3 suspek na nag-aalok umano na i-hack ang sistema ng Smartmatic. Read more »

Public urged to use multi-factor authentication

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 12:54 PM

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Monday urged the public to use available security features and practice cyber hygiene to avoid becoming victims of fraudulent activities. Read more »

Russian hackers' 2021 cyberattacks cost companies $620M

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 17 04:33 PM

Extortion fees have greatly increased over the years rising from $39 million in 2018 to $152 million in 2019 and $692 million in 2020. Read more »

NUJP says PH hackers group behind cyberattacks on news sites

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 02:38 PM

A group of Filipino hackers praised by NTF-ELCAC is behind the recent cyberattacks on several news websites in the country, an NUJP official said. Read more »

Official Kremlin website down amid war in Ukraine

Reuters
Posted at Feb 27 10:20 PM

The official website of the Kremlin, the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin, kremlin.ru, went down with hacker collective Anonymous claiming the attack. Read more »

Inside job? Alleged Comelec hackers 'looking for bug bounty'

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 01:18 PM

A group of hackers who allegedly breached the servers of the Commission on Elections could be asking for a "bug bounty," a cyber security expert said Wednesday. Read more »

Streaming site Twitch confirms hack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 01:10 PM

Amazon's popular live video streaming platform Twitch said Wednesday hackers had broken into its network after reports of exposed confidential company data surfaced online. Read more »

Iran official apologizes for Evin prison abuse

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 04:20 PM

The head of Iran's prisons apologized after videos leaked by hackers showed beatings of prisoners, a rare admission of abuse by authorities. Read more »

Court orders Binance to trace cryptocurrency hackers

Reuters
Posted at Aug 13 10:05 PM

London's High Court has ordered Binance, one of the world's largest crytocurrency exchanges, to identify hackers and freeze their accounts. Read more »

Firms urged to get 3rd-party checkers to reinforce cybersecurity

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 06:34 PM

Philippines firms need third-party players to check vulnerabilities in terms of their online security defenses, cybersecurity testing platform Secuna told ANC.    Read more »

Facebook says Iran-based hackers used site to target US military personnel

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Jul 16 02:20 AM

Facebook said on Thursday it had taken down about 200 accounts run by a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber-spying operation that targeted mostly US military personnel and people working at defense and aerospace companies. Read more »

Massive ransomware attack potentially hit 1,000 businesses

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 04 09:54 AM

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - A ransomware attack on a US IT company potentially targeted 1,000 businesses, researchers said Saturday, with one of Sweden's biggest supermarket chains revealing it had to temporarily close around 800 stores after losing access to its checkouts. Read more »

Bitcoin sinks and approaches $30,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 07:34 AM

The price of bitcoin fell sharply on Tuesday, approaching a symbolic $30,000 threshold it has not crossed since January and dragging other cryptocurrencies in its wake. Read more »

Air India says data on 4.5 million passengers stolen

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 22 12:27 PM

Hackers have stolen data on about 4.5 million Air India passengers around the world in the latest breach reported by a major airline.   Read more »

Ransom-seeking hackers are taking advantage of Microsoft flaw -expert

Raphael Satter, Reuters
Posted at Mar 12 02:43 PM

Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft's widely used mail server software, a researcher said late Wednesday - a serious escalation that could portend widespread digital disruption. Read more »

NBI confirms cyber attack on national government portal

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 02:44 PM

The National Bureau of Investigation on Thursday confirmed a cyber attack on a government website, but did not confirm whether or not the incident was a protest against the recent slay of 9 activists.  Read more »

Microsoft says Chinese hackers targeted groups via server software

Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 03 06:47 AM

A China-linked cyberespionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday - an example of how commonly used programs can be exploited to cast a wide net online. Read more »