Hackers attack world’s largest meat processor: Work disrupted in US & Canada, deliveries halted & thousands sent home in Australia

The world’s largest meat processing corporation, JBS, was hit by a cyberattack which disrupted meat production in the US, Canada and Australia, and forced many workers to stay home. … Read More >Hackers attack world’s largest meat processor: Work disrupted in US & Canada, deliveries halted & thousands sent home in Australia

Hackers provide decryption tool to unlock IT systems of Irish health services after ransomware cyberattack

A ransomware group which locked Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) out of its IT systems a week ago has shared a decryption tool that could allow restoration of operations, the Irish government has announced. … Read More >Hackers provide decryption tool to unlock IT systems of Irish health services after ransomware cyberattack

Hacker attack shuts down IT system of Ireland’s health services, badly affecting one of Europe’s busiest maternity hospitals

Ireland’s health service has temporarily shut down all of its IT systems due to a “significant ransomware attack,” and one of Europe’s busiest maternity hospitals is badly affected as most appointments have been canceled. … Read More >Hacker attack shuts down IT system of Ireland’s health services, badly affecting one of Europe’s busiest maternity hospitals

Cybersecurity tycoon Natalya Kaspersky claims CIA hackers could be behind US Colonial Pipeline attack blamed on Russian group

A cyberattack that crippled fuel supplies on the East Coast of the US and sent gas prices soaring could have been an inside job conducted by American spooks, rather than foreign hackers, a prominent Russian IT expert has claimed. … Read More >Cybersecurity tycoon Natalya Kaspersky claims CIA hackers could be behind US Colonial Pipeline attack blamed on Russian group

Biden’s awkward threat of retaliatory cyber attacks belies US uncertainty and insecurity on all things Russia

By leaking plans for “covert” cyber-retaliation against Russia, the Biden administration allows domestic political considerations to trump legitimate national security concerns by painting Russia as the all-purpose bogeyman. … Read More >Biden’s awkward threat of retaliatory cyber attacks belies US uncertainty and insecurity on all things Russia

Kremlin ‘alarmed’ by reports US considering cyberattack against Russia, as official government websites suddenly taken offline

Russian officials have demanded Washington categorically rule out acts of cyberterrorism against the country, after Western media reported the US was mulling digital “retaliation” for a colossal hacker attack it blames on Moscow. … Read More >Kremlin ‘alarmed’ by reports US considering cyberattack against Russia, as official government websites suddenly taken offline