Hacker
What can India Inc do to combat ransomware threat?
Flight operations of SpiceJet were hit after a ransomware attack recently. At least seven out of 10 Indian companies suffered from such attack last year. What can India Inc do to combat this threat?
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Teen hacker claims ability to control 25 Teslas in 13 nations
The teenager didn't reveal the exact details of the software vulnerability, but said it wasn't within Tesla's software or infrastructure
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Nintendo hacker settles Switch piracy lawsuit for $10 mn in restitution
Gary Bowser, a member of a group of hackers called Team-Xecuter, has been ordered to pay $10 million to settle a Nintendo lawsuit against him over piracy charges
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Hackers hit over 4,000 e-commerce websites during festive sales
Hackers have hit more than 4,151 online retailers during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, stealing payment information and other personal information from customers
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FBI says recovered $2.3 mn from ransom paid to colonial pipeline hackers
US law enforcement agencies seized a stash of bitcoins worth about $2.3 million believed to be the majority of the ransom proceeds from the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, the FBI announced
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US nuclear agency, three states, Microsoft attacked by Russian hackers
The hack of the nuclear agency was reported earlier by Politico. Microsoft spokesman said the company had found malicious code in its environment
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Information of over 100 mn individuals in US, Canada hacked: Capital One
The hacker did not gain access to credit card account numbers, but about 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 linked bank account numbers were compromised
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Hackers may be able to tell what you're typing just by hearing you type
Research suggests that sound waves from typing on a phone can be intercepted and decoded
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Hacker breaches FBI website, leaks personal account data, says report
Authorities in the US have not yet responded to the recent hacking incident
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Hacker hazard
Hacking groups have always enjoyed a telling presence in cyber space
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