/tags/hackers hackers en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:30:41 GMT /2021-06-10/how-bitcoin-has-fueled-ransomware-attacks If you're planning a multi-million dollar ransomware attack, there's really only one way to collect - with cryptocurrency. It's fast. It's easy. Best of all, it's largely anonymous and hard to trace. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:30:41 GMT /2021-06-10/how-bitcoin-has-fueled-ransomware-attacks Greg Myre /news/2021-06-08/how-a-new-team-of-feds-hacked-the-hackers-and-got-colonial-pipelines-bitcoin-back The linchpin to retrieving $2.3 million, half the company's payment, was gaining access to the private key linked to the attacker's Bitcoin account. Here's how authorities may have gotten it. Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:17:50 GMT /news/2021-06-08/how-a-new-team-of-feds-hacked-the-hackers-and-got-colonial-pipelines-bitcoin-back Vanessa Romo /2021-04-06/the-fate-of-floridas-bright-futures-for-profit-colleges-and-ransomware-attack-on-schools The uncertain future of the Bright Futures program and an investigation into how for-profit colleges are putting Florida students into debt. Plus, the University of Miami and Broward Schools have been victims of cyber attacks — we discussed how to protect that information from hackers. Tue, 06 Apr 2021 21:25:21 GMT /2021-04-06/the-fate-of-floridas-bright-futures-for-profit-colleges-and-ransomware-attack-on-schools Suria Rimer, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /local-news/2021-04-01/hackers-demand-up-to-40-million-in-ransom-from-broward-schools Computer hackers are demanding as much as $40 million in ransom to prevent leaking personal information about students in Broward County Public Schools. Thu, 01 Apr 2021 09:50:02 GMT /local-news/2021-04-01/hackers-demand-up-to-40-million-in-ransom-from-broward-schools Scott Travis /2021-01-29/why-russia-may-have-stepped-up-its-hacking-game When Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA, broadcast his "defend forward" strategy to protect America from hackers, did he help goad Russia into aggressive action? Fri, 29 Jan 2021 10:07:00 GMT /2021-01-29/why-russia-may-have-stepped-up-its-hacking-game Dina Temple-Raston /2019-10-21/public-election-officials-may-be-kept-in-the-dark-on-hacks If the FBI discovers that foreign hackers have infiltrated the networks of your county election office, you may not find out about it until after voting... Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:29:33 GMT /2019-10-21/public-election-officials-may-be-kept-in-the-dark-on-hacks Associated Press, Associated Press /2019-07-30/woman-charged-as-hacker-in-capital-one-data-breach-exposing-over-100-million-customers The country's seventh-largest bank says the information was taken from a hack of credit card applications submitted over a 14-year period. Tue, 30 Jul 2019 08:18:45 GMT /2019-07-30/woman-charged-as-hacker-in-capital-one-data-breach-exposing-over-100-million-customers Scott Neuman /news/2019-06-19/city-of-riviera-beach-agrees-to-pay-hackers-to-get-back-systems-held-hostage-for-past-three-weeks The Riviera Beach city council voted to let the city’s insurer pay 65 bitcoin to get access to city data and computer systems blocked by a cyber attack… Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:36:46 GMT /news/2019-06-19/city-of-riviera-beach-agrees-to-pay-hackers-to-get-back-systems-held-hostage-for-past-three-weeks Madeline Fox /2019-02-21/hackers-take-over-tampa-mayors-twitter-account UPDATED at 1:20 p.m. with cybersecurity information. Several racist, sexist and pornographic images have been deleted from Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s... Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:01:37 GMT /2019-02-21/hackers-take-over-tampa-mayors-twitter-account WUSF Staff /2018-12-12/chinese-hackers-are-likely-responsible-for-marriott-data-breach-reports-say Chinese state hackers most likely attacked the reservation system at Marriott's Starwood chain, revealing details of 500 million guests, according to people familiar with the U.S. investigation. Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:07:35 GMT /2018-12-12/chinese-hackers-are-likely-responsible-for-marriott-data-breach-reports-say Doreen McCallister