A hacker or hackers claim to have stolen an unreleased film from Walt Disney Co. and threatened to release it online unless the company pays a ransom, Chief Executive Robert Iger told employees. Source: Unreleased Disney Film Target of Online Piracy Threat
DetailsUkraine has moved to block access to top Russian social media sites and search-and-email portals, adding them to a list of companies and individuals sanctioned over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and aggression in the east of the country. President Petro Poroshenko’s measures targeting VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Mail.ru and Yandex come one day after warning on television…
DetailsCyber attacks around the globe, hitting 74 countries across Europe and Asia and impacting the public health system in Britain, involved a leaked tool from the National Security Agency for hacking. Source: Cyber attack spreads across 74 countries; some UK hospitals crippled
DetailsThe spread of a “ransomware” attack around the globe affected the United States much less because a British cybersecurity researcher accidentally stopped the attack from spreading more widely. Source: What We Know and Don’t Know About the International Cyberattack
DetailsFrench authorities attempted to contain the fallout from a computer hack of Emmanuel Macron’s political party, less than a day before the country votes in a presidential election. Source: France Rushes to Limit Impact of Macron Campaign Hack
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