Government

CISA Warns of OT Attacks By Lower-Level Adversaries

In a new advisory, the agencies–including the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy–said that they are seeing an uptick in the number of attacks against OT networks by non-APT teams

U.S. Issues Sanctions Linked to Telecom, Treasury Breaches

The U.S. announced sanctions against a company and individual tied to major espionage attacks on the Treasury Department and U.S. telecom entities.

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese Company With Flax Typhoon Links

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company with links to state-sponsored threat group Flax Typhoon.

U.S. Lawmakers Demand Answers After Treasury Department Hack

After the Treasury Department disclosed a major security incident by a Chinese APT, U.S. lawmakers are asking for more information on the cyberattack.

Geico and Travelers Fined $11.3 Million For Data Breaches

The data breaches, which occurred in 2020 and 2021, led to the personal data of more than 120,000 New Yorkers being compromised, including driver’s license numbers and dates of birth.

FBI: ‘Broad and Significant’ Chinese Telecom Hack Impacts U.S. Officials

Chinese threat actors stole customer call records data, targeted “a limited number” of individuals and copied “certain information that was subject to U.S. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders," according to a new FBI statement

Meta's Threads Ground Zero for Election Hacking Conspiracy Theories

BlueAnon, Liberal Q, Stephen Spoonamore, and more conspiracies are going viral while trust in traditional reporting remains low

Federal Agency Bans Mobile Calls Amid Chinese Cyber Threat

Government agencies are reacting to Salt Typhoon broadband hacks

China Backdoored U.S. Telecom Backdoors

Government Wiretaps in U.S. Internet Providers Infiltrated by Chinese Hackers

U.S. spying on it's citizens and China taking advantage of that backdoor for months before anyone realizing.

More People Than Ever Are Trying to Hack the U.S. Government--And They Love It

Europol Hits LockBit Ransomware Actors With Arrests, Sanctions