Attacks & Breaches

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The Rise Of Killware

The objective of the attacker is to cause harm to humans using killware in the Operational Technology environment. Many similar attacks have been identified since the year 2000, even though they were not called killware back then.

The Biggest DDoS Attack in History

Russian tech company Yandex said that it suffered from the largest DDoS attack ever recorded in the history of the internet.

  • Attack
  • Botnet
  • DDoS
  • Yandex

United Nations Breached by Hackers

Hackers breached the United Nations' computer networks earlier this year and made off with a trove of data that could be used to target agencies within the intergovernmental organization.

Even the smartest people get hacked

Mensa UK , the "high IQ society" organization had failed to secure the data of its 18,000 members properly.

  • Breach
  • IQ
  • Mensa

U.S. Wireless Carrier with 4.9 Million Customers Hacked

Retail store's employee were scammed into downloading software on a computer which allowed an attacker to access the computer remotely. The hacker gained access to the company's CRM records since the employee was already logged in to the system.