cyber attack

A new ransomware group known as Ransomed.vc claimed to have hacked all of Sony Group Corp's (NYSE: SONY) systems. This group, which has only been active since September, was said to have accessed around 6,000 files from Sony, as reported by Cyber Security Connect. See Also: Riot Games...

Riot Games, the video game developer, publisher and esports tournament company owned by Tencent Holdings ADR (OTC: TCEHY), announced the source code for its game League of Legends had been stolen. Last week, Riot revealed it had been a victim of a cyber attack, but assured that no...

Earlier this year, Carrie Palmer got a panicked phone call from a client. The trucking company had gotten hit by a ransomware attack minutes earlier, and it wanted the South Carolina-based lawyer's guidance on what its next steps should be.  By Palmer's account, it was a pretty typical attack. The...

Canada Post said on Wednesday that a cyberattack and data breach on an electronic data interchange (EDI) supplier has compromised information from 44 of its large parcel business customers, affecting nearly 1 million recipients.  The attack on Ontario-based Commport Communications compromised the...

Forward Air Corporation (NASDAQ: FWRD) appears to be on the road to technological recovery after a ransomware attack that lasted at least a week. The company's website was up and running as of a check at approximately 7 a.m. EST Wednesday. Customers reported that the company is cautioning them...

The ransomware attack on Forward Air's (NASDAQ: FWRD) operational and information technology systems more than a week ago has caused shipping delays for customers, especially those that use them to move loads to, from and between airports. Cargo is moving, but the information flow is hampered...

DragonEx revealed the news of the attack via its official Telegram channel on Monday 25. The DragonEX team has asked other exchanges to help in tracking and investigating the whereabouts of the funds. A report by DragonEx, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange says that it suffered a...

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) was a victim of a cyberattack in late June, something investors should keep in mind heading into the company's fiscal first-quarter earnings report on Sept. 19, analysts at Baird Equity Research commented. The firm's Benjamin J. Hartford maintains an Outperform rating...

In the company’s third major cyberattack since 2015, Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) surrendered data on about 143 million consumers between mid-May and late July, according to a Thursday press release. The breach compromised about 209,000 Social Security numbers as well as credit card numbers,...

On the latest episode of 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft dove into North Korea's cyber attack on Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) last winter. Kroft interviewed FireEye Inc (NASDAQ: FEYE) Chief Operating Officer Kevin Mandia -- the California-based IT company was hired by Sony to "clean up"...

A colossal cyber-attack has made global headlines this weekend, nipping at the heels of President Obama's newly implemented cybersecurity agency. "It's the biggest single episode of cybercrime to be discovered," Kate Palmer of UK's The Telegraph reported. The New York...

A new report by security experts confirms what people involved with the nation's infrastructure have suspected for some time: that America's energy sectors are still very vulnerable to a massive and potentially crippling cyber attack. The report, by the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington,...