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On August 27, 2024, The Washington Post reported that at least 2 major internet service providers in the United States had been compromised by Chinese hackers. [1] It was later reported that the hackers affected at least nine telecommunications firms in the U.S., including AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies, and T-Mobile, and had also affected dozens of other countries.
The intrusion was considered a "major cybersecurity incident" as it was attributed to an advanced persistent threat; [2] other agencies determined that the hack originated from China. [19] The New York Times reported that the hack was committed by a Chinese intelligence agency as part of an espionage operation, in juxtaposition to efforts to ...
In 2024, cyber-specialists working as part of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (HUR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) initiated several cyberattacks on Russian technology and infrastructure, including attacks on Russia's banking sector, Russian internet providers, regional and municipal administration web resources, Russian airports, several ...
Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled in 2024 from the previous year to an average of 2.4 million attacks a day, the island's National Security Bureau said, adding most of them ...
With all the attention given to cyber, Americans might think we are well-defended and prepared; this is, after all, critical infrastructure. We could have been well-defended and prepared.
U.S. utilities faced a near 70% jump in cyberattacks this year over the same period in 2023, according to data from Check Point Research, underlining the escalating threat to a critical ...
Two days after the initial attack, Wired stated that ransomware attacks are "accelerating in 2024". [5] Japan's cyber security has been criticized for lacking IT expert specialists, with about 90% of domestic companies having none according to a think tank survey. [6] One day before the initial attack, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida ...
Residents gather on a street in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana on Dec. 8, 2024, after Syrian rebels said that President Bashar Assad had fled the country. / Credit: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images