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Google sees less Chinese and Iranian hacking this election cycle, they say

Friday, October 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Just weeks away from the 2022 midterm elections, a senior Google official said Wednesday that the company hasn't seen the same style of hacking from groups backed by the governments of China and Iran as during the 2020 election. Speaking with reporters,... Read More.

Meta cracks down on cyberespionage, warns of ‘perception hacking’ ahead of midterm elections

Thursday, August 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Meta said it is focused on continuing to disrupt emerging cybersecurity threats, including "perception hacking" efforts that could attempt to create unjustified fears about the security of U.S. elections. In its new "Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report" released Thursday, Meta details how it... Read More.

DOJ charges Russian officials over hacking campaigns that targeted critical infrastructure

Thursday, March 24 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department unsealed two indictments Thursday charging four Russian government employees with two separate conspiracies -- outlining their alleged involvement in hacking campaigns that targeted critical infrastructure networks in the U.S. and across the globe between 2012 and 2018. Altogether, DOJ says... Read More.

DOJ charges 4 Chinese nationals with state-backed worldwide hacking campaign

Monday, July 19 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Monday announced the unsealing of an indictment charging four Chinese nationals with a years-long effort to hack into computer systems of dozens of companies, universities and governments in the U.S. and at least 11 other countries. The two-count indictment, returned... Read More.

Colonial Pipeline restarts operations following hacking shutdown

Wednesday, May 12 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Colonial Pipeline has been restarted following a multiday shutdown in the wake of a ransomware attack. The shutdown had caused panic buying of gas in many southeastern states. The company restarted operations at about 5 p.m. ET. "Following this restart, it will take... Read More.

Florida man who pleaded guilty to hacking Twitter as 17-year-old sentenced to three years

Wednesday, March 17 by ABC News

By LUKE BARR, ABC News(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Graham Clark, who pleaded guilty to hacking Twitter in July 2020, has been sentenced to three years in prison, Florida prosecutors announced on Tuesday.The hack caused widespread outages for verified users... Read More.

DOJ charges six Russian military officers allegedly involved in hacking, malware operations

Monday, October 19 by ABC News

By ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department Monday announced an indictment against six Russia GRU officers charged with engaging in a series of hacking and malware deployment operations to attack other countries' infrastructure, elections and other actions designed... Read More.

16-year-old arrested for hacking Miami Dade school system

Thursday, September 3 by ABC News

BY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(MIAMI) -- Police arrested a Miami high school student on Thursday for allegedly carrying out a string of crippling cyberattacks targeting Miami-Dade County Public Schools' online learning system as students headed back to school.The... Read More.

Stories tagged with: hacking

Google sees less Chinese and Iranian hacking this election cycle, they say

Meta cracks down on cyberespionage, warns of ‘perception hacking’ ahead of midterm elections

DOJ charges Russian officials over hacking campaigns that targeted critical infrastructure

DOJ charges 4 Chinese nationals with state-backed worldwide hacking campaign

Colonial Pipeline restarts operations following hacking shutdown

Florida man who pleaded guilty to hacking Twitter as 17-year-old sentenced to three years

DOJ charges six Russian military officers allegedly involved in hacking, malware operations

16-year-old arrested for hacking Miami Dade school system

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