Cyber Security

In the second attack on the State Department in under a decade, Russian hackers stole thousands of emails in a Kremlin-backed siege last year, first reported Politico Tuesday.

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is seeking to educate U.S. businesses engaging with Chinese companies, warning against threats like intellectual property theft, and other illegal means China uses to acquire U.S. research and tech to achieve its goals.

The National Cybersecurity Center and Google on Monday are launching a training program for state lawmakers and their staff in all 50 states to best prepare them for cyber threats ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, Fox Business has learned.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan served on an advisory council for Microsoft last year.

A Russian man has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric car company’s massive electric battery plant in Nevada with ransomware and steal company secrets for extortion, prosecutors and court records said.

The company has hired forensic information technology experts and legal counsel to help it investigate the incident

Advanced Persistent Threat 69420 Arson Cats' reasoning for hacking is "lots of curiosity, fighting for freedom of information and against intellectual property, a huge dose of anti-capitalism, a hint of anarchism -- and it’s also just too much fun not to do it."

More than 20,000 U.S. organizations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft's email software, a person familiar with the U.S. government's response said on Friday.

Microsoft said it was the work of a group it dubs HAFNIUM, which it described as a state-sponsored entity operating out of China

The Cincinnati-based grocery and pharmacy chain said in a statement Friday that it believes less than 1% of its customers were affected — specifically some using its Health and Money Services — as well as some current and former employees because a number of personnel records were apparently viewed.