Posts for category: US News

Hackers Downloaded Information from 200,000 voters in Illinois

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/fbi-warns-attacks-state-election-systems, https://threatpost.com/fbi-warned-state-election-board-systems-of-hacks/120198/(Security Week, Threatpost) The FBI’s ...

US Customs Wants to Know Traveler’s Social Media Account Names

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/06/27/us-customs-social-media-account-names/ The US Customs and Border Protection agency has put in a request to the Office of Management and Budget, ...

Voter Database Leak Exposes 154 Million Sensitive Records

Source: https://threatpost.com/voter-database-leak-exposes-154-million-sensitive-records/118901/ A white hat hacker Chris Vickery discovered a database of 154 million U.S. voter profiles on an ...

US Nuclear Forces are Controlled by this Shockingly Obsolete Tech

Source: http://www.techinsider.io/floppy-disks-control-us-nuclear-weapons-2016-5 A new 87-page report gives a disturbing overview of the various systems used to run the United States. Members of ...

Michigan’s Board of Water and Light Hit By Ransomware

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/03/michigan_electricity_utility_downed_by_ransomware_attack/ Lansing, Michigan's Board of Water and Light were hit by ransomware on their corporate ...

ISIS Hackers Pose a Growing Threat

Source: https://threatpost.com/unskilled-pro-isis-hackers-a-growing-threat/117726/ Extra ...

Law Firms Are Being Targeted For Insider Trading Efforts

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/03/31/hackers-breaching-law-firms-for-insider-trading-info/ Posted: March 31, 2016 The FBI issued a warning that a cyber crime insider trading ring ...