#Treasury sanctions Salt Typhoon hacking group behind breaches of major US telecom firms

#Treasury sanctions Salt Typhoon hacking group behind breaches of major US telecom firms

The U.S. government has announced sanctions against a Chinese organization with links to Salt Typhoon, the hacking group responsible for the largest telecoms hack in U.S. history.  The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Friday that it had sanctioned a China-based cybersecurity company, known as Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, which it…

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#Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war

#Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war

Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which senior U.S. national security officials have described as an “epoch-defining threat.” The U.S. says Chinese government-backed hackers have — in some cases for years — been burrowing deep into the networks of U.S….

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#Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war

#Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war

Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which top U.S. officials have described as an “epoch-defining threat.” In recent months, U.S. intelligence officials said Chinese government-backed hackers have been burrowing deep into the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure, including water, energy…

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#Brooklyn hospital network victim of cyber hack crash

#Brooklyn hospital network victim of cyber hack crash

“Brooklyn hospital network victim of cyber hack crash” New York State health officials acknowledged that a network of Brooklyn hospitals whose computer systems crashed last month — causing chaos for patients and staffers — had been subjected to a cyber hack attack. “The New York State Department of Health is aware of an incident and…

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#NY ambulance company downplayed Hive Gang hack of 300K users

#NY ambulance company downplayed Hive Gang hack of 300K users

“NY ambulance company downplayed Hive Gang hack of 300K users” One of the state’s largest private ambulance companies is facing a potentially massive class action lawsuit for waiting months to tell over 318,000 of their clients that their personal information was stolen by hackers.  Empress Ambulance Services also allegedly downplayed the hack by Hive Gang,…

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