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On September 3, 2020, at 2:53 am EDT, a 16-year-old male from South Miami, Florida was arrested in connection with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on the Miami-Dade County Public Schools's computer network, the fourth largest in the US, [2] causing the system to crash during the first three days of the school year.
A specialist cloud outage insurance business estimated that the top 500 US companies by revenue, excluding Microsoft, had faced near $5.4bn (£4.1bn) in financial losses because of the outage, but only between $540m (£418m) to $1.08bn (£840m) of those losses would be insured.
The attackers exploited flaws in Microsoft products, services, and software distribution infrastructure. [23] [15] [9] [18]At least one reseller of Microsoft cloud services was compromised by the attackers, constituting a supply chain attack that allowed the attackers to access Microsoft cloud services used by the reseller's customers.
By AJ Vicens (Reuters) -Healthcare organizations may be required to bolster their cybersecurity, to better prevent sensitive information from being leaked by cyberattacks like the ones that hit ...
A computer technician in Yangon found that the hacks were denial-of-service attacks, while the group's motive is to protest the 2021 Myanmar coup. [176] March: Cyber insurer CNA Financial, one of the largest insurance companies based in the US, was attacked with ransomware, causing the company to lose control over its network. [177]
The pro-Russian hacker group Noname057(16) claimed the cyber attack on Telegram, saying Italy's "Russophobes get a well deserved cyber response". ... 24/7 Wall St. Your coffee habit is costing you ...
In 2019, at the age of 16, Clark was involved in stealing 164 bitcoins from Gregg Bennett, a Seattle-based angel investor, through a SIM swap attack. Clark sent two extortion notes under the alias "Scrim", stating, "We just want the remainder of the funds in the Bittrex", referring to the cryptocurrency exchange "Bittrex" that Bennett had used ...
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