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State-backed Russian hackers accessed senior Microsoft leaders' emails, company says

1:25pm January 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

Microsoft says hackers broke into its corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of its leadership team, as well as those of employees on its cybersecurity and legal teams.

An Uber sign is displayed at the company's headquarters in San Francisco on Monday.

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After a serious breach, Uber says its services are operational again

4:51pm September 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

What appeared to be a lone hacker announced the breach after apparently tricking an Uber employee into providing credentials. It is not known how much data the hacker stole.

Ashley Merson and her brother Kevin sit on the porch of the house Ashley is trying to buy in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore. A ransomware attack on the city's digital services has delayed the home purchase.

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Ransomware Cyberattacks Knock Baltimore's City Services Offline

7:42am May 21, 2019

by Emily Sullivan

Baltimore is just the latest municipality hit with a ransomware attack. Residents can't use the city servers they need to purchase homes, pay online bills or email city workers.

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Police Say Hacking Suspect, 20, Confessed To Posting German Leaders' Private Data

5:02pm January 08, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The suspect told police he acted alone in publishing data stolen from accounts related to Chancellor Angela Merkel and hundreds of other politicians. As for a motive, he said he was annoyed.

Marriott said that for 327 million guests of its Starwood network, which includes Westin hotels like this one near San Francisco, the compromised data includes dates of birth and passport numbers.

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Marriott Says Up To 500 Million Customers' Data Stolen In Breach

5:08pm November 30, 2018

by Avie Schneider

The hotel giant said information on up to 500 million customers worldwide was exposed in a breach of its Starwood reservation database. The data includes dates of birth and passport numbers.

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Uber headquarters in San Francisco. The company acknowledged that the personal information of 57 million customers and drivers was hacked last year.

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Uber Data On 57 Million People Stolen In Massive Hack

11:00pm November 21, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says there is no excuse for the cover up of a 2016 data breach. A source tells NPR that the company paid hackers $100,000 to delete the data and keep the attack a secret.

Apple's Philip Schiller unveiled the Face ID feature in September. Less than a week after the iPhone X was released, a Vietnamese security firm said it had cracked Face ID using a specially made mask.

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Security Firm Says Extremely Creepy Mask Cracks iPhone X's Face ID

4:58pm November 13, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

A video shows the Vietnam-based Bkav apparently bypassing the feature. Apple has touted the function as secure since it was unveiled in September.

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Anti-government activists protest in Venezuela's third city, Valencia, on Sunday.

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Hackers In Venezuela Hit Dozens Of Government Websites

8:08pm August 07, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The computer attack comes a day after armed men stormed an army base in Valencia. One site was defaced with a video of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator.

The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., was first hacked on Nov. 7 — the day before the election.

Trump Hotels Again The Target Of Hackers Seeking Credit Card Data

7:16pm July 12, 2017

by Jackie Northam

Trump Hotels was hit again by hackers who broke into the reservations system to take credit card data. TechCrunch says this was the third time the hotel chain's system has been compromised.

While the government dodged a bullet this time by avoiding the latest malware attack, experts say its systems are still vulnerable.

Federal Computers Dodge Global Malware Attack ... This Time

6:04pm May 22, 2017

by Brian Naylor

Experts say federal agencies have taken steps to secure networks, but they remain vulnerable.

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