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Ransomware attack forces high school in London to close and send students home

A high school in south London has announced it will be closed for the first half of this week due to a ransomware attack, leaving approximately 1,300 students in the lurch. Students were sent home ...
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House moves ahead with defense bill that includes AI, cyber provisions

The House on Wednesday passed a $848 billion defense policy bill that features several provisions on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Members voted 231 to 196 to approve the chamber’s ...
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Fortinet warns customers after hackers leak passwords for 87,000 VPNs

Networking equipment vendor Fortinet has notified customers today that a cybercriminal gang has assembled a collection of access credentials for more than 87,000 FortiGate SSL-VPN devices. "These ...
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Cyber Command, NSA to remain under single leader as officials shelve plan to end 'dual hat'

The Trump administration has abandoned any intention of breaking up the joint leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, bowing to the reality of the enormous complexity of the ...
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Mitsubishi Electric to acquire Nozomi Networks for $883 million

Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on Tuesday announced it intends to buy industrial cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks in a reported $883 million cash and equity deal. The two companies have a ...
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Ransomware attack knocked a Kentucky city-operated ISP offline before holiday

As tourists descended on Bardstown, Kentucky — the “Bourbon Capital of the World” — for Labor Day weekend, the town had a problem: A ransomware attack hit the local government, knocking municipal ...
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US sanctions companies behind cyber scam centers in Cambodia, Myanmar

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned multiple people and businesses associated with cyber scam compounds across Myanmar and Cambodia. The sanctions take aim at the Burmese, Cambodian and ...
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Swatting started in the gaming world and it’s coming for the rest of us

Kids would ring a doorbell — maybe numerous times in a single afternoon — and then run away. That childish prank has given way to something called swatting. Someone calls the police with a hoax report ...
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Pennsylvania AG says recovery continues after office refused to pay ransomware gang

Pennsylvania’s attorney general said his office has been able to restore the website, phone lines and email systems used by most employees following a ransomware attack three weeks ago. In an update ...
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Czech cyber agency warns against using services and products that send data to China

NÚKIB, the Czech Republic’s cybersecurity agency, has issued a warning regarding the threat posed by technology systems that transfer data to, or are remotely managed from, China. The growing use of ...
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With less than a month to go, House panel votes to extend popular cyber programs

Legislation to renew two federal cybersecurity laws has finally begun moving through Congress, but it’s unclear if lawmakers will be able to pass both bills before an end-of-the-month deadline. The ...
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Hundreds of thousands trafficked into cyber scamming in Southeast Asia, UN says

More than 200,000 people are being forced to carry out cyber scams in Southeast Asia, the United Nations estimates. A report published Tuesday by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ...