By Kitty Testa Equifax, one of the country’s largest credit reporting agencies, which is in possession of millions of pieces of consumers’ personal data, announced Thursday that it suffered a cyber-attack in which information on 143 million consumers was breached. 143 million. That’s social security numbers, driver’s license numbers and dates of birth for almost…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The North Atlantic Treaty Organization would consider a large enough cyber attack against one member an attack on them all, according to NATO officials. A persistent and devastating attack could trigger what is known as Article 5, NATO’s collective defense measure, the officials told delegates at the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The British computer researcher who helped curb the massive cyber attack that allegedly affected over 150 countries says he plans to donate his $10,000 reward to charity. While his identity has not been confirmed, the 22-year-old tech wunderkind says he doesn’t care about the extra attention. “I don’t do what…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) has reportedly been using a 15-year-old operating system for its virtual infrastructure, which likely contributed to its vulnerability during the massive cyber attack that occurred Friday. Several hospitals and health facilities in the NHS network suffered internal chaos after being hit…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Several hospitals across the U.K. were reportedly hit by a massive cyber attack Friday, causing internal turmoil since staff couldn’t access files and were forced to reroute emergency patients. Tom Donnelly, a spokesperson for the country’s National Health Service (NHS), said the assault and its effects are still…
One Billion Yahoo Accounts Hacked, Company Breaks Own Record By Eric Lieberman One billion Yahoo user accounts were hacked two years ago, marking yet another unfortunate milestone for the tech corporation. “We believe an unauthorized third party, in August 2013, stole data associated with more than one billion user accounts,” Chief Information Security Officer Bob…