Pokémon video game developer confirms its systems were breached by hackers
Japanese video game developer Game Freak confirmed last week that it suffered a cyberattack earlier this year, resulting in a data leak. The statement from the Tokyo-based...
Cyber insurer says ransomware attacks drove a spike in claim sizes
A report published Thursday by cyber insurance provider Coalition found that although its customers made fewer claims in the first half of 2024 than the same period a...
NATO moves ‘most experienced and expert individual’ on cyber out of cyber section
Christian-Marc Lifländer, the widely admired Estonian who had been helping develop NATO’s cyber policy over the past decade, has been rotated out of his post as the head...
AT&T, Verizon, Lumen executives hear from lawmakers about reported China hacks
A congressional committee on Friday called on the chief executives of three major telecom companies reportedly breached by Chinese hackers to provide more details, and brief lawmakers, about...
New law in Australia will require mandatory reporting of ransomware payments
Australia is set to become the world’s first country to require companies to report to the government any ransomware payments they make as part of a “landmark” new...
DDoS attacks on Internet Archive continue after data breach impacting 31 million
The Internet Archive said its site is still being knocked offline by hackers who allegedly stole data on 31 million users of the platform. The nonprofit digital...
Anti-abortion group accused of electronically intercepting patients’ exchanges with clinic
A Massachusetts woman used an online platform to schedule an appointment seeking abortion medication from a local clinic in May. Two minutes after she uploaded her insurance information...
Suspected Bohemia dark web marketplace admins arrested by Dutch, Irish police
Two alleged administrators of the dark web marketplace Bohemia are now in custody, Dutch National Police said Tuesday. A 20-year-old British man appeared in court in Rotterdam...
Russia and Turkey ban Discord messaging app
Russia and Turkey have blocked access to the messaging platform Discord, claiming that it refuses to cooperate with local authorities. The San Francisco-based company said in a...
National Cyber Director warns of ransomware, Chinese infrastructure attacks and cyber supply chain concerns
One of the top cybersecurity officials in the U.S. said Wednesday that he was especially concerned with Chinese infiltration of the country’s critical infrastructure, as well as software...
