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US accuses China-linked hackers of stealing coronavirus research
Posted on 24-05-2020https://www.asiaone.com/world/us-accuses-china-linked-hackers-stealing-coronavirus-research
China-linked hackers are breaking into American organisations carrying out research into Covid-19, US officials said on Wednesday, warning both scientists and public health officials to be on the look...
Indonesia investigates data breach on over two million voters
Posted on 23-05-2020https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-investigates-data-breach-on-over-two-million-voters
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia is probing how 2.3 million voters' personal information was leaked online, the election commission said on Friday (May 22). The data breach, which included names, home addre...
Europe's supercomputers hijacked by attackers for crypto mining
Posted on 23-05-2020https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52709660?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cp3mvpdp1r2t/cyber-attacks&link_location=live-reporting-story
At least a dozen supercomputers across Europe have shut down after cyber-attacks tried to take control of them. A pan-European supercomputing group says they seem to have tried to use the machines to...
Cyberattacks on the rise amid coronavirus crisis, WEF expert says
Posted on 23-05-2020https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/05/22/cyberattacks-on-the-rise-amid-coronavirus-crisis-wef-expert-says.html
Cyberattacks on the rise amid coronavirus crisis, WEF expert saysAlgirde Pipikaite, project lead at the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Cybersecurity, discusses cyberthreats....
New cybersecurity report says China-based group is hacking Asia-Pacific governments
Posted on 23-05-2020https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/07/chinese-hacking-group-naikon-reportedly-spying-on-asia-governments.html
A state-backed Chinese hacking group called APT41 were able to hack into telecommunications firms’ servers and steal the contents of text messages for intelligence that was of interest to Beijin...