US, UK warn of Russian hackers targeting millions of routers Russian hackers are targeting millions of routers around the world, including devices in homes and offices, according to US and UK officials. In a joint announcement Monday from the US Department of Homeland...
The Next Cold War Is Here, and It’s All About Data THE HEADLINES ABOUT the trade wars being touched off by President Trump’s new tariffs may telegraph plenty of bombast and shots fired, but the most consequential war being waged today is a quieter sort of...
CEO who led Equifax during data breach gets huge raise Richard Smith, the former Equifax chief executive who led the company during its massive breach and botched response, is getting a nearly $1 million raise for his work last year, the company said Monday. Smith,...
Atlanta, hit by ransomware attack, also fell victim to leaked NSA exploits It’s been almost a week since the City of Atlanta was hit by a ransomware attack, which encrypted city data and led to the shutdown of some services. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said in a...
U.S. Electric Grid Vulnerable to Unprecedented Waves of Attack The U.S. electric grid has become increasingly vulnerable to what the federal government is describing as an unprecedented wave of attacks that threatens to cripple the nation, according to a new...
Russia could use robots to poison food for ‘untraceable’ AI assassinations in chilling new cold war, expert claims RUSSIA could use robots to poison food for “untraceable” assassinations of state exiles, an expert has warned. Computer science professor Dr....
