Police in the United Kingdom said Thursday that the imprisonment of two hackers has “severely” hampered the activities of the infamous cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider. Owen Flowers, 18, and Thalha Jubair, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to hacking Transport for London (TfL), the government body that oversees the UK capital’s public transport
US beverage maker Coca-Cola said one of its dairy subsidiaries was hacked and will close operations for the foreseeable future. The multinational giant said in a disclosure to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that its dairy company Fairlife was attacked by ransomware and its production systems were affected. The company said its Fairlife production
Microsoft this week released a record number of security patches for Windows, Office and other technology product lines, citing the use of artificial intelligence to help discover code vulnerabilities. The technology and cloud giant issued patches for 570 security flaws on Tuesday as part of its scheduled monthly release of fixes, which security researchers have
The US military has reportedly repaired two of its websites that had been defaced to display pro-Kurdish messages and criticize President Donald Trump, the latest case of hackers compromising federally run systems in recent months. Security researcher Ronald Lovelace told Cyberscoop, which first reported the defacements, that error pages were modified on two US military
Offering a rare glimpse into the priorities of a top spy organization, Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said it carried out a handful of state-sanctioned attacks last year to disrupt the operations of drug traffickers, violent extremists and a ransomware gang. The revelations in the Canadian intelligence agency’s annual report highlight some of the major
