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The city of Albany in the U.S. state of New York experiences a ransomware cyber attack. [127] [128] April: Computer systems in the city of Augusta, in the U.S. state of Maine, are seized by hackers using ransomware. [129] [130] The City of Greenville (North Carolina)'s computer systems are seized by hackers using ransomware known as RobbinHood.
A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
Nakashima, Ellen; Julie Tate (8 Dec 2011), "Cyber-intruder sparks massive federal response — and debate over dealing with threats", The Washington Post, washingtonpost.com This article, which contains previously undisclosed information on the extent of the infection, the nature of the response and the fractious policy debate it inspired, is based on interviews with two dozen current and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - - An unidentified hacking group launched a massive cyberattack on a telecommunications company in the U.S. heartland late last year that disabled hundreds of thousands of ...
What 2024’s Worst Data Breaches Teach Us About Staying Secure in 2025 ... The breach was caused by a sophisticated cyberattack that targeted AT&T's customer database, leading to the exposure of ...
[1] [28] [29] The cyberattack and data breach were reported to be among the worst cyber-espionage incidents ever suffered by the U.S., due to the sensitivity and high profile of the targets and the long duration (eight to nine months) in which the hackers had access. [35]
The city of Albany in the U.S. state of New York experiences a ransomware cyber attack. [86] [87] April: Computer systems in the city of Augusta, in the U.S. state of Maine, are seized by hackers using ransomware. [88] [89] The City of Greenville (North Carolina)'s computer systems are seized by hackers using ransomware known as RobbinHood.
On 7 April 2009, The Pentagon announced they spent more than $100 million in the last six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber attacks and other computer network problems. [65] From December 2009 to January 2010, a cyber attack, dubbed Operation Aurora, was launched from China against Google and over 20 other companies. [66]